An astounding lack of vision
My take on the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Chemistry. The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings. A name that carries some depth, that elicits the raising of an eyebrow. You? There? Really. Huh. Well, I was lucky enough to be selected by the Klaus-Tschira-Stiftung for this honor. But I don’t want to dwell on the selection process, complicated and convoluted and probably unfair that it is. I want to highlight the expectations I had: Nobel Laureates and some of the most talented and highly achieving young scientists in the world. What a meeting that must be! What inspiring thoughts they all might share, what insightful questions they all might ask. And me in the middle, how can I possibly keep pace? Now, in retrospect, I can say: There was some of that. I met some great people and had some great discussions – for example with Derek from Veritasium, someone…