• Question: Why are you a good scientist?

    Asked by 11 to Chris, Joanne, Kathryn, Kieran, Sarah on 9 Nov 2017.
    • Photo: Sarah Guerin

      Sarah Guerin answered on 9 Nov 2017:

      I think to be a good scientist you need to work hard, be organised, ask lots of questions, and love what you do.

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      Kathryn Schoenrock answered on 9 Nov 2017:

      I try to be a good scientist by using unbiased methods, following the scientific method, and sharing my findings with the public as well as other scientists. As a famous writer, Stephen J. Gould, once said “much of science is people waving their nets in a cloud of ideas” in the sense that using the same approach we can all come to very similar conclusions. I think Stephen Colbert also said that if the world started over we would still have science and we would still have religion- new civilizations would likely have a different god, a different way of worshiping, but Science would be exactly the same.

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      Chris Werner answered on 9 Nov 2017:

      I like to think I am a good scientist anyway! For me a good scientist has to do their job well, come up with good results, even if the result is not what you hope for its still a result! Also to be a good scientist means that you don’t take credit for other people’s work.

      I feel I am a good scientist as I record everything I do, think of different solutions to problems and never give up because something is too difficult.

    • Photo: Joanne Duffy

      Joanne Duffy answered on 10 Nov 2017:

      I think the key to being a good scientist is finding inspiration everywhere, and remembering to talk to all sorts of people about your research, and not just people from your own area. You have to have passion for what you do, and I think that’s how I’m able to get though even the really challenging things in science, like big exams or writing a thesis. When you love the work and you care about it, it makes you want to work harder.

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