Egg salad is technically chicken salad

During the second half of the 20th century, the central focus of biology was on the gene. Now in the first half of the 21st century, the central focus of biology has shifted to neural science and specifically to the biology of the mind. We need to understand the processes by which we perceive, act, learn, and remember. How does the brain—an organ weighing only three pounds—conceive of the infinite, discover new knowledge, and produce the remarkable individuality of human thoughts, feelings, and actions?

- Principles of Neural Science

خلال النصف الأول من القرن العشرين، انصبَّ تركيز علم الأحياء على الجينات. أمّا الآن، في النصف الأول من القرن الحادي والعشرين، فإنّ تركيزنا صارَ مُنصَبًّا تجاه العلوم العصبية وبالتحديد تجاه الأساس البايولوجي للعقل. إذ نحتاج أنْ نفهم ماهيّة العمليات التي تجعلنا نُدرِك، نتصرف، نتعلم، ونتذكر. كيف للدماغ—وهو عضوٌ لا يزيد وزنه عن الكيلوغرام والنصف—أنْ يستوعبَ اللانهائي، ويكتشفَ معارف جديدة، وينتجَ أفكارنا ومشاعرنا وتصرّفاتِنا البشرية الفردية على نحوٍ مذهل.

- كتاب Principles of Neural Science

Wild nights - Wild nights!
Were I with thee
Wild nights should be
Our luxury!

Futile - the winds -
To a Heart in port -
Done with the Compass -
Done with the Chart!

Rowing in Eden -
Ah - the Sea!
Might I but moor - tonight -
In thee!

- Emily Dickinson

Ragnar: So have you returned to your faith and renounced ours?

Athelstan: I wish it was so simple. In the gentle fall of rain from heaven, I hear my God, but in the thunder I still hear Thor.
That is my agony

Ragnar: I hope that someday, our gods can become friends