I do think that deciding between a particular discovery and a technological breakthrough - I would always think the impact is probably much larger for the technological breakthrough.
Medicine is no longer looking at organs. It looks at the processes inside the cell.
I think I have a heavily compartmentalized brain, which means that certain routines are simply running without me realizing it.
I love the English language, the colors of it, the many, many nuances, the different influences. I find German stilted, in a way, by comparison.
There are really so many subtleties of meaning and observation that very often are not expressed by writers.
I thought the chances of becoming a Nobel Prize laureate were minuscule because there are so many other innovations and discoveries that happen almost every day.
