Suzana Herculano-Houzel
Brazilian neuroscientist at Vanderbilt University; developed a method for counting the neurons in human and animal brains; author of The Human Advantage and other popular books on the brain.
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Their wordsUltimately, decisions are made in rooms where old white men sit around a table and exchange the names of People They Know - who are bound to be their old white male colleagues.
↗…and yet another Nobel Prize goes to mensuzanaherculanohouzel.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsMost importantly, when an opportunity arises for us to take positions of power, we SEIZE them.
↗…and yet another Nobel Prize goes to mensuzanaherculanohouzel.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsI say first make sure that you understand the source of the decrease, instead of rushing to fix something that maybe didn't need fixing - while you miss out on what actually did need fixing.
↗Before you get fancy, have you looked at the easiest explanation already?suzanaherculanohouzel.com
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Their wordsPeer review sucks—but it beats the alternative of not having our research go through Peer review as part of the publishing process.
↗Peer review sucks, but it beats the alternative. So let's make it bettersuzanaherculanohouzel.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsAuthors should think of the Peer review process as a test run with a carefully hand-picked, select public who is given the privilege of sitting there and reading the first version or watching the first screening of their work.
↗Peer review sucks, but it beats the alternative. So let's make it bettersuzanaherculanohouzel.com 2nd of 2 in this piece