Martin Chalfie

People don't generally listen to scientists much.

Indeed, we often mark our progress in science by improvements in imaging.

What I am primarily is a neurogeneticist: I use genetics to study problems in neurobiology. The one problem I study primarily... understanding of the sense of touch.

I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.

If you judge, investigate.

To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong.