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During yesterday's session, the discussion turned to how "boring" scientists were, the difficulties of making them interesting, blah blah blah.
The irony of this was not lost on me, so I doodled instead of participating.
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We're also all reclusive, wear thick glasses and lab coats - and don't participate in civil society (thank god). I hope that was mentioned. A few years ago, the BBC aired this story where they had asked a bunch of young school kids to draw what they thought a scientist looked like - they predominately drew white males wearing lab coats and wearing glasses...stereotypes! Don't they know that smoking jackets are the attire of choice? (I hope those that participated in the discussion will need a DNA test one day soon to "ward off" a paternity lawsuit...and all of the lab rats IN THE WORLD who know how to do the sequencing just say NO!)
We're also all reclusive, wear thick glasses and lab coats - and don't participate in civil society (thank god). I hope that was mentioned. A few years ago, the BBC aired this story where they had asked a bunch of young school kids to draw what they thought a scientist looked like - they predominately drew white males wearing lab coats and wearing glasses...stereotypes! Don't they know that smoking jackets are the attire of choice? (I hope those that participated in the discussion will need a DNA test one day soon to "ward off" a paternity lawsuit...and all of the lab rats IN THE WORLD who know how to do the sequencing just say NO!)
Posted by: Pam | Thursday, March 30, 2006 at 18:02
And here I thought we were mad.
Darn. Burst my bubble...
Could you ask in what way(s) scientists are boring? I think we need more data.
Posted by: Anna Haynes | Thursday, March 30, 2006 at 18:58