• Question: what makes a good scientist?

    Asked by vickycmhowell to Angela, Gopal, Hannah, Becky, Vince on 24 Jun 2013. This question was also asked by poppywheeler3.
    • Photo: Rebecca Cook

      Rebecca Cook answered on 24 Jun 2013:

      To be a good scientist you need to inquisitive, highly motivated, fair and a good problem solver.

    • Photo: Vince Hall

      Vince Hall answered on 25 Jun 2013:

      Yeah, I agree.
      Once you’ve got ‘inquisitive’ I’d say that you need to be creative, logical and have lots of perseverance to see things to completion.

    • Photo: Hannah Little

      Hannah Little answered on 26 Jun 2013:

      I think the key to being a good scientist is being objective, so to not go into it without any preconceptions of what you think you will find. This is really hard though and most people have in mine what they want to find out.

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