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Regardless of who you are, it's very likely that at some point in your life you'll want love, rest time, a family, financial security. Being a scientist offers
by debacle 12y ago
Regardless of who you are, it's very likely that at some point in your life you'll want love, rest time, a family, financial security.
Being a scientist offers nearly none of those things.
- avz 12y agoIt's true that most people seek family and stability. However, there is more to human existence than that. There are people who lead very eccentric life styles that express passions for other pursuits. For some reason scientists do seem more prone to eccentricities than most. Examples abound in biographies of great scientists and engineers like Galois, Tesla, Whitehead, Heaviside, Erdős...