2023-05-05 15:43:02
Yves Agid. Astrid of Crollalanza
INTERVIEW – The neurologist dissects the process of innovation intrinsic to man for his survival.
Professor emeritus of neurology and member of the Academy of Sciences, Yves Agid has just published The brain, an inventing machine (Albin Michel). With his talent as a teacher, reinforced by sketches made by his hand, he familiarizes us with the cerebral activity implemented during the discoveries and with the world of researchers. However, he is concerned about the lack of knowledge about science and the decline in research in France.
LE FIGARO. – Your book is about discovery. Is it an inherent human need?
Yves AGID. – Unlike all animals, man has the ability to create. This faculty is obviously linked to the development of his brain, but also to the need to survive. Homo sapiens is fragile. He is small, he does not run fast, he is the prey of predators. To survive, he is obliged to progress and, to progress, he creates. Clearly, history shows that a civilization survives if it progresses and dies out for lack of progress. Progress, and therefore the…
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