People are already self-selected by the time they've decided to become scientists.
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This is the essence of all sciences - that you should know who you will be when the Day of Reckoning arrives.
At a time when science plays such a powerful role in the life of society, when the destiny of the whole of mankind may hinge on the results of scientific research, it is incumbent on all scientists to be fully conscious of that role, and conduct themselves accordingly.
Each generation of scientists stands upon the shoulders of those who have gone before.
My decision to be a scientist was a bit of a drift really, more or less by default.
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 claim that all those who think they can cherry-pick science simply don't understand how science works. That's what I claim. And if they did, they'd be less prone to just assert that somehow scientists are clueless.
Well, of course I would choose to be the top scientist in my field.
A lot of high-level scientists are in fact people of almost universal interest.
I knew I wanted to be a scientist. Which kind of scientist was the question.
I get a sense that we've all been educated into one school of thought. I'm not surprised at all to find among the overwhelming majority of scientists, are people who would hold one particular view because that's all they're exposed to.
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