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Forms of life, forms of mind | Dr. Michael Levin | What advice do I give to my students?

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Let’s get this out of the way first. I do not in any way feel competent to give people advice on how to live a life of science (or anything else for that matter). Especially since much of my advice can be boiled down to “don’t pay too much attention to advice”. But, people often ask me (both my own mentees, to whom I owe some thoughts on this matter, and random people who email me frequently); so here I wrote down and combined the various spiels I’ve given a number of times, in the hopes that it may help someone. I’ve redacted the cursing and the personal examples that are relevant to specific individuals, which often go along with in-person discussions of this topic. Who is this for? You may be a high-school student, a college undergrad, a PhD candidate, or a post-doc. If you’re doing fine, are comfortable with your education and environment, and are finding good matches with the people around you, definitely ignore all the below. If you have no lack of mentors with whom you can usefu

Forms of life, forms of mind | Dr. Michael Levin | What advice do I give to my students? Advice , Text What advice do I give to my students? Published by Mike Levin on May 20, 2024 “If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.” ― Carl Jung Let’s get this out of the way first. I do not in any way feel competent to give people advice on how to live a life of science (or anything else for that matter). Especially since much of my advice can be boiled down to “don’t pay too much attention to advice”. But, people often ask me (both my own mentees, to w

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