• Question: how did you feel when you found out you were a scientist?

    Asked by megan to Rebecca, Laura, Francesca, Matthew, Andrew on 10 Nov 2014. This question was also asked by Vicki, E_kelleher.
    • Photo: Laura Schofield

      Laura Schofield answered on 10 Nov 2014:

      I don’t think I really had a moment when I thought “goodness! I’m now a scientist!” The first time I was able to tell my supervisor (a Professor!!) that he was wrong and I was right was a pretty good feeling though! 🙂

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      Rebecca Ingle answered on 10 Nov 2014:

      I’m not sure I feel like a fully-qualified scientist just yet as it seems like there’s still so much more to learn until I know as much as some of my more senior colleagues but every time I do contribute new ideas or raise new questions that no one has thought of I do feel like I’m becoming more and more of one.

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      Francesca Palombo answered on 10 Nov 2014:

      Well it is a process where you slowly become aware of your interests and personal development. Let us say that it is a conscious decision made at some point during a life time and then there are many other decisions, and altogether this defines you being a scientist

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      Matthew Camilleri answered on 12 Nov 2014:

      Being a scientist is a way of life, same as being an artist. It is mainly all about the way you think. I discovered that I had this way of thinking when I was 16, some 8 years ago now, but it was always present, I had always been a scientist.

      I believe that everyone is born a scientist, but if this is not nurtured it will die off and people will lose the ability to think logically, to think outside the box.

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      Andrew McKinley answered on 14 Nov 2014:

      Interesting; I never really ‘found out’ that I was a scientist. I just “am”! I have always approached things in a scientific way and I have just really enjoyed finding things out. We are all explorers, and science allowed me to explore how things work, how the world works, and ultimately to begin making things that could then help me explore other things in science.

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