what do you enjoy doing the most in science

Question: what do you enjoy doing the most in science
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Asked by anon-286148 on 5 Mar 2021. This question was also asked by anon-286149, anon-286281.
- Harry Piper answered on 5 Mar 2021:
  
  This is a tough one!!! I really love talking about the work!! It’s great to be able to talk about your passion to someone else! But, I also love the people I work with which I wouldn’t get anywhere else! The lab and the collaborators are fantastic!
- Dennis Relojo-Howell answered on 5 Mar 2021: last edited 5 Mar 2021 2:04 pm
  
  Proving and disproving knowledge. Science taught me not to readily embrace all knowledge but to be critical of them. Gathering evidence is the sweetest thing in science – it’s as sweet as my favourite banana split!
- Alex Baxendale answered on 5 Mar 2021:
  
  We get to make a difference! Our work is aimed at finding out new things, and those ideas can go on to create something benefits people in the real world. We might find out how a specific part of the brain works, which can help someone who has damaged that part, or we might find out how we automatically respond to a certain type of information, which can help us to design new things that we can respond to better.
- Ellen Smith answered on 5 Mar 2021:
  
  Getting to conduct research studies about topics that you’re really interested in! It’s great to be able to identify an area in the subject that needs further work and design a study to do that. Once you’ve finished the study, you write it up so that other scientists can read and learn from it – and then continue their own research too.
- anon answered on 5 Mar 2021:
  
  Hi EvelineR,
  
  I am actually going to say I disagree with Dennis on the concept of proof! There’s a bit of a saying about black swans – you can’t prove every swan is white, but you can disprove the theory by seeing a black swan. Essentially you can only support or refute claims in science, which is especially true in psychology!
  This links into my favourite part – being able to say ‘I don’t know, but someday science will be able answer that’. The ability and breadth of science is just enormous and being part of these discoveries a long the way as a pleasure and privilege as a scientist!
- Lisa Orchard answered on 8 Mar 2021:
  
  I love feeling like I am making a difference. When I presented my most recent paper (looking at the best ways to use social media to help support breastfeeding families), I had a couple of people email me to say that they found it useful and will be taking it forward in what they do. Honestly, that is such a wonderful feeling! 🙂
- Christina Brown answered on 8 Mar 2021:
  
  I enjoy that not every day is the same. I never feel bored at doing the same task for too long, something always changes.

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