I've spent a long time thinking about how to work this.

As times go on, it's becoming clear to me that I should be honest about my mistakes,

although I don't have no desire to give my identity away.

Still, I can't stay silent.

Should I start this like a talk at a conference?

Should I slowly walk my way to some massive justification for my life's work?

I could tell you how my work could potentially have offered new ways to deliver complex

medicines or offered philosophical insights into the past and future of life's organizations

or even created blueprints for strange new robotics that would let mankind conquer the

stars or maybe perhaps I should be honest.

I studied slime molds and I did it because I like feeling like the smartest person in the

room.

Picked a topic a few people could challenge me on.

Problem is that I was very impressive to most lay people within my field that wasn't particularly

well recognized.

Dull with texonomic classification and was for all intents and purposes lab assistant.

Our field team collected lots of samples and someone had to organize them, categorizing

the molds and ordering them, looking for anything that stands out.

I've joked that I've discovered more species than any other scientist.

I just never got the credit.

You know that might that might actually be true.

It's always true that I spent almost all my time running through a fixed battery of tests.

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