Successful ecologists are successful in part because they have prepared their minds to attack scientific problems using a variety of intellectual tools.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Under normal conditions the research scientist is not an innovator but a solver of puzzles, and the puzzles upon which he concentrates are just those which he believes can be both stated and solved within the existing scientific tradition.
One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
I have expertise in five different fields which helps me to easily understand the analogy between my scientific problems and those occurring in nature.
I spent my adult life as a scientist, and science is, essentially, the most successful approach we have to try and understand the vast mysteries around.
The new generation of researchers must be given the skills and values - not just scientific ideals, but also awareness of human weaknesses - that will enable it to correct its forebears' mistakes.
We live in a world economically, socially, and culturally dependent on science not only functioning well, but being wisely applied.
The fact is all of the most highly successful scientists I know work practically all the time.
I think there is value in having practising scientists as leaders of research institutions.
I have suggested that scientific progress requires a favorable environment.
Scientists need to be prepared to engage, and the best people to engage with are students, ideally from primary school because there's no question that their capacity to work out complex things is extremely good.