Faraday’s error of omission: A tribute to Michael Turvey

Abstract

Michael Faraday’s admonition to scientists—“Work. Finish. Publish.”— was on Michael Turvey’s office door at the Center for Ecological Study of Perception and Action. Michael heeded this admonition, publishing hundreds of scientific papers and chapters over the course of his fifty-year career. But Michael always believed that his true life’s work was as a mentor and educator. Moreover, Michael also believed that the time and energy spent celebrating successes ought to outweigh that spent on bemoaning failures. And so, Michael lived by a revised version of Faraday’s admonition—“Work. Finish. Publish. Teach. Celebrate.”