Talk on the Brain at Rockefeller Univ in NYC - March 14, 2013

Although Rockefeller University has an impressive campus on the edge of and blocking view of the river, with some solid old stone buildings and the glassy new one that held this talk, the speakers were disappointing. Hosted by SWINY (Science Writers in N.Y.), the speakers came across as cliquey with each other and most in the small audience, arrogant and, in the case of the woman on the far right, downright sniping. She revealed she takes a particular drug for depression but I felt it seemed like she was on speed. She was very, very critical and hostile to those who express concern about pharmaceuticals and Big Pharma so, of course, I wondered how much money she gets from them. Oh wait, must be not enough and she wants more, as she is a freelance science writer. The nicest person I met at this entire trek to hear this talk was the guard at the front gate.