• Question: What does being a scientist mean to you?

    Asked by rallyson13 to Jamie, Jodie, Kat, Mark, Niamh on 17 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
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      Mark Hill answered on 14 Mar 2011:

      Hi, I would love to be regarded as a scientist, but all I can claim is to be really interested in science and I am lucky enough to work very closely with several different disciplines of science. Science gives me the tools to do my job, which I love.

      Having an interest in science, or one particular part of science is usually self-perpetuating – the more that you find out, the more that you need to find out, the more that there is to find out. Nothing in science seems to have a defined, unchanging end point. All concepts and facts are under review.

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      Jodie Dunnett answered on 14 Mar 2011:

      Being a scientist means that I get to investigate how and why things happen and then get to impart that knowledge to other people 🙂

    • Photo: Jamie Pringle

      Jamie Pringle answered on 14 Mar 2011:

      Hello rallyson13,

      Being a scientist means that you are trying to puzzle a problem out logically and methodologically which hopefully will have a successful outcome.

      For me, it means I can, in a small way, progress the knowledge of science a little bit. In my area it is working out which geophysical method would have the best chance of finding a buried object.

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      Niamh Nic Daeid answered on 15 Mar 2011:

      Hi Rallyson13 – being a scientist for me is about finding out how things work and being able to produce theorys that are accepted by the scientific community when you publish your work. Also helping other younger researchers develop their skills as scientists is great and very satisfying

    • Photo: Katherine Davies

      Katherine Davies answered on 17 Mar 2011:

      Hi

      It means a lot, or I wouldnt choose it for a career. I feel its important we know how and why life in general works, and how we can improve the way we live using science. Wouldnt it be great if we could find cures for cancer, and live longer? Without science this wouldnt be possible.

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