Question: Do you ever ever get frustrated when you are working?

Chris Bowden answered on 10 Jun 2017:

That’s a really great question SIDDHI. The short answer is yes, science can definitely be a bit frustrating at times! But, it’s okay if you don’t get the results you wanted from your experiments because you can still learn something. In fact, when an experiment doesn’t go the way you wanted it to, it means that you can learn even more than usual!

So I do get a bit frustrated when an experiment doesn’t go right or when the results of an experiment don’t say what I thought they would. But, I never get very frustrated for very long, I just look at the results again and try to think about how to make the experiment better next time. That’s what science is all about! First, you think of an idea. Then you think of a way to test if your idea is true. Then you do the test or experiment. Then if the results are good, you’ve learned something new! If the results are bad, you go back and think of a better way to test your idea.

Thanks for asking such a great question that not many people talk about! Let me know if you want me to talk about it more.