• Question: what is the best part of being a scientist or mathematician or biologist?

    Asked by Eurofighter to Zena, Jared, Isabel, Ian, Frank on 10 Mar 2015. This question was also asked by leelee77, ☺♫♥izzy♥♪☺.
    • Photo: Isabel Pires

      Isabel Pires answered on 10 Mar 2015:

      Getting to be curious and ask questions all the time, and being the person that knows more about that bit of the universe than anyone else 🙂

    • Photo: Zena Hadjivasiliou

      Zena Hadjivasiliou answered on 10 Mar 2015:

      For me the best part is the freedom to think! Our work is centred around bringing better understanding about the world around us (and hopefully knowledge!). I feel free to ask questions and find my own way of answering it which I think is very creative, challenging and fun. Of course sometimes you get stuck and fun turns into frustration a little bit but this is also an important process to push through in order to solve problems and find the way to ask the best questions.

      Also, I want to be honest in that there are also challenges in our work and independence also gives you a lot of responsibility. But it is certainly so rewarding that it’s worth it : )

    • Photo: Frank Longford

      Frank Longford answered on 10 Mar 2015:

      I definitely agree with Zena that being able to have the freedom and independence to think and be creative AND get paid to do that at the same time is very special. Of course lots of people get to be creative in their lives in many ways, but I think that this is encouraged a lot more without the fear of failure when you are a scientist.

    • Photo: Ian Sandal

      Ian Sandal answered on 12 Mar 2015:

      Like Frank and Zena I think the fact that we have a lot of freedom to try new ideas and ask lots of interesting questions. Sometimes were even able to answer some of them

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