“When people hear that I'm a neuroscientist, they ask me tough question...” — Sebastian Seung Quote

“When people hear that I'm a neuroscientist, they ask me tough questions. 'Will grandpa learn to walk again after his stroke?' 'How can my son overcome his dyslexia?' 'What could have caused my best friend to become schizophrenic?' When I can't give satisfying answers, they look disappointed - and I feel embarrassed.”

“I'm tremendously optimistic about the future of my discipline, yet understanding the brain is so difficult that we neuroscientists need help.”

“The brain is behind the really big questions we have. Who am I, what is my identity? What is that based on? If memories are encoded in connectomes, your personality might be in your connectome. If that's the case, that's the basis of your uniqueness as a person.”

“Tomorrow it'll all be over, then I'll have to go back to selling pens again.”

“Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.”

“A lot of things people are upset about or frustrated by with Hollywood stem from the fact that the same old narrative is being sold over and over again. That's because there aren't people of color or young people as showrunners, writers, and producers.”