• Question: When you first meet someone is Science one of the first things you talk about?

    Asked by alisondilaurentis to Angus, Christian, Hannah, Laura, Simon on 18 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Simon Holyoake

      Simon Holyoake answered on 18 Jun 2013:

      It can be, especially if we get onto the topic of what we do for a living! 🙂

    • Photo: Angus Ferraro

      Angus Ferraro answered on 18 Jun 2013:

      Perhaps, but I don’t go into too much detail. Sometimes scientists get really excited about their work and go on and on and can scare people off!

    • Photo: Christian Maerz

      Christian Maerz answered on 18 Jun 2013:

      Probably not, unless it is on some scientific conference – then, of course, everybody is only interested in science! But otherwise, I don’t bother people too much with the sometimes complicated stuff I am dealing with.

    • Photo: Laura Roberts Artal

      Laura Roberts Artal answered on 19 Jun 2013:

      Not always, if I meet a fellow geologist, then yes, in all likelyhood, the conversation will quickly turn to science. If it is someone who isn’t a scientist or in a different field to my own then I’m more likely to talk to them about other things!

    • Photo: Hannah Bentham

      Hannah Bentham answered on 19 Jun 2013:

      Probably with someone at work. But on the whole I say I wouldn’t attempt to talk about science. On the other hand, if I talk about my laptop, or phone, or car, or surfing, or even the weather forecast, I could be talking about science indirectly 🙂

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