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A scientist must solve problems for everybody, period. And the rest about how must behave, (how humble and grateful must be for being allowed to solve our prob
by pvaldes 5y ago
A scientist must solve problems for everybody, period.
And the rest about how must behave, (how humble and grateful must be for being allowed to solve our problems)...
or in what language should be an universal problem solved, (don't we have any professional translators in this planet?)
or how must overcome all those --artificial-- obstacles put in their path (just because, so scientific career became an epic "hero journey in pursuit of truth", grab your pop-corns)
or what party should support, or what skin tone, or type of genitals should have, or what age should have when discovering X...
... all this old tribal narrative is just plain bullshit.
We are focusing in 'who' when we should focus in 'what' is discovered. Is like choosing our food by the pictures in the package and then being surprised for the not-so-awesome flavor
> “I was doing what I wanted to do, and there was absolutely no thought of a career. I was just having a marvelous time.”
This is the gentle message what people --expects-- from the mouth of a successful scientist. Any other simply would annoy the public in your TED talk that has come here to hear comforting words, so is out of the discussion. In the reality is a little different.