“I want MIT to be the dream of every child who wants to grow up to make the world a better place. We need to reach those young explorers and bring them with us on the great adventure of discovery and innovation.” WorldWantNeedsChildrenDreamYoungGrowsGrowing UpAdventureDiscoveryInnovationBetter PlaceExplorersGreat AdventureMit Author:Susan Hockfield
“Making strides in areas unencumbered by hard-won expectation feels effervescent. By switching into child-mode, shuffling the cortex, we remember our innocence, when we knew less. These are the essentials of continued aesthetic discovery.” FeelsChildrenHardRememberEssentialsExpectationsDiscoveryAreasInnocenceAestheticStrideSwitchingShuffling Author:Sara Genn
“Observation is the generative act in scientific discovery. For all its aberrations, the evidence of the senses is essentially to be relied upon provided we observe nature as a child does, without prejudices and preconceptions, but with that clear and candid vision which adults lose and scientists must strive to regain.” ChildrenDoeLosesVisionClearEvidenceDiscoveryAdultsScientistPrejudiceStriveSensesObservationPreconceptionsScientific DiscoveryCandidAberration Book:Induction and intuition in scientific thought Source: Induction and intuition in scientific thought