How did you get here?

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We weren’t all born to be a chemist – and we need to start admitting it

And you may find yourself performing synthesis in a shotgun shack. With apologies to David Byrne, my point is that we never really know what lies ahead on the twisty, convoluted pathway of life. And, as Talking Heads were wont to remind us, sometimes it’s worth asking, well, how did I get here?