• Question: why do you like science

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      Asked by Dr David cameron to Ruth, Rob, Luke, Laura, John on 10 Jun 2016. This question was also asked by EllieMaee, joe, RedHot12.
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        Laura Finney answered on 10 Jun 2016:

        I like science because it is logical, there is a right and wrong answer and it is factual stuff you can learn and use.
        I never liked english and arts subjects at school because it was more opinion based and the teacher could disagree. They could never disagree with maths and science because it is very black and white!

        I also love that it is always changing and we always learn doing it.

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        Robert Williams answered on 10 Jun 2016:

        Because every day I can read about amazing discoveries made by other scientists and understand what they are saying and what implications there may be as a result of their research.
        For example check out…

        http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/08/teflon-was-invented-by-accident/

        Teflon has become a wonder material in engineering, medicine and many other branches of science, commerce and not forgetting non-stick frying pans!

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        Ruth Patchett answered on 10 Jun 2016:

        I actually have to disagree with Laura the bits I love best about science are the bits that aren’t yes or no but how people go different ways to try to solve the same problem and it’s hard to know what is right. Like energy sources we have so many options; nuclear, fracking, solar, wind, tidal, biofuels, hydrogen cells etc…and most likely a load more than we haven’t even thought of yet. I love that science gives us choices and now we are getting pretty good at it a lot of people are saying we can do this..but should we?

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        John Fossey answered on 11 Jun 2016:

        Because I can get to see the secrets of nature that no one has ever seen before. I can be the first to see or understand a phenomena, I love the idea of creating something that has most likely never existed in the universe before.

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        Luke Williams answered on 12 Jun 2016:

        I can probably summarise my answer to this as: oooh that looks interesting.

        Scientific research is a voyage of discovery. If you are lucky and a marine biologist, that might even be literally true… but for the rest of us the metaphor works too.

        I have been doing work that no one else has ever done before. I have gone to the very edge of human knowledge, kicked over a stone at the edge of it, planted my flag and said “this is mine – it may not be much, but this is my contribution to human knowledge”.

        Whilst it is great that someone is already using my work in their research, and other parts of my work may light the way for more to follow, the really important thing for me is that I am able to chart my own path into the unknown. Knowledge for its own sake is important in my eyes.

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