• Question: what is your favourite part of being a scientist?

    Asked by anon-188647 to Warren, Shanti, Pizza Ka Yee, Paul, Nadine, Alex on 6 Nov 2018.
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      Paul Matusz answered on 6 Nov 2018:

      Hi Ben,

      I do like to write scientific articles and spread the newest findings to an always broader audience. However, I think what is my truly favourite part of being a scientist is that I get to spend time with pepole doing extremely cool research – using virtual reality to help elderly stay fit, people investigating if people without limbs can feel pain in those limbs, people stuyding how animals communicate, etc. etc. This is very exicting, and often makes me feel like “sky is the limit” with my and our research and that makes me feel very inspired. 🙂

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      Nadine Mirza answered on 7 Nov 2018:

      My favourite part about being a scientist is getting to communicate the science! When all the tough research is done (all the participants recruited, all the data collected, everything done and dusted!) and I’ve found the answer to the big problem I was challenging I absolutely love getting to write and speak about it and share it with the public. It gets me so excited!
      I also love when I get to see the real results or real impact of my work. When I see it actively helping people it’s like being reassured that yes, all that effort was worth it. Absolutely.

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      Alex Reid answered on 7 Nov 2018:

      Thanks for your question. I really like the collaborative aspect of science. No one scientist can do all the work, so people all over the world work on related issues and questions together. For the most part this works really well, and I think it brings out the best in people. As with Paul and Nadine I also really like talking to people about science, I guess that is why we are all here 🙂

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      Warren Mansell answered on 8 Nov 2018:

      Like the other scientists in the zone, I love collaboration, writing and presenting my ideas. However, I do think that the most powerful experience I have had in science is when I help my clients in therapy to ‘be their own scientist’. This means that they don’t take facts that people tell them as true, but they find out for themselves. Sometimes this can mean that they find out carrying on the worries they have had for years are not the best way to help themselves now, and they work out new ways of approaching their lives – and find their own evidence, through their own eyes and ears – that it works.

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