1.0Simon Rillinghttps://simonrilling.comSimon Rillinghttps://simonrilling.com/author/simon-rilling/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="8HcrZw8i3t"><a href="https://simonrilling.com/2024/09/17/dont-be-fooled-you-need-ignorance-to-be-truly-successful-prof-stuart-firestone-228/">Don’t be fooled: You need IGNORANCE to be truly successful | Prof. Stuart Firestone (#228)</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://simonrilling.com/2024/09/17/dont-be-fooled-you-need-ignorance-to-be-truly-successful-prof-stuart-firestone-228/embed/#?secret=8HcrZw8i3t" width="600" height="338" title="“Don’t be fooled: You need IGNORANCE to be truly successful | Prof. Stuart Firestone (#228)” — Simon Rilling" data-secret="8HcrZw8i3t" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://simonrilling.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/228-Stuart-Firestein-1.png1280720Prof. Stuart Firestone is the former Chair of Columbia University’s Department of Biological Sciences where his lab studies the vertebrate olfactory system, possibly the best chemical detector on the face of the planet. His lab seeks to answer that fundamental human question: How do I smell? Well-known for his Ted Talk “The pursuit of ignorance” […]