• Question: What is it like to be a scientist? Is it fun, interesting?

    Asked by bidbadaboom to Paula, Hermine, Katy, Laura, Nathalie on 18 Jun 2010 in Categories: . This question was also asked by xpchocolatebabexp.
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      Paula Salgado answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      Hi there

      I could spend hours talking about this! But the short answer is that being a scientist is basically being very, very curious. You want to know how things work, how to solve a particular problem. So you design experiments to find out – and then you try to understand the results.

      Yes, it’s a lot of fun! At least I think so! 😉 It’s really interesting to be the one to see or understand something for the first time, don’t you think?

      Also, trying to find new ways to solve a problem, contributing to the understanding of how things work, even if just a small portion of it, is quite exciting!

      As I said, it’s all about satisfying our curiosity, wanting to know how it works. Hope I got you curious about it! 😉

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      Hermine Schnetler answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      Fun and ver, very interesting!

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      Nathalie Pettorelli answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      Hi there,

      It is really fun and really interesting – you discover new things, you try to help tackle some big issues that everybody is concerned about (such as climate change, biodiversity loss, sustainability), you travel & meet new people all the time, you learn every day, and you have new challenges all the time. I’m biased but I’d definitively recommend it 😉

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      Laura Dixon answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      It’s definitely fun and interesting. You get to spend your time discovering things noone else knows and solving problems. Plus in my work I get to be around animals, which I find lots of fun 🙂

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      Katy Mee answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      Er, well i enjoy it! It’s rerally difficult to say what it’s like to be a scientist because there are sio many different types of scientist out there doing very different jobs but I certainly think it’s a very rewarding job vbecause you feel like you’re making progress in the world, discovering new things, trying to understand how things work etc….

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