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Transcript: I think to be a good scientist, you need all of these elements: You need some smarts; you need some creativity and you also need to be practical in a sense of being able to identify problems that are not only interesting, but in fact, are solvable. That you can actually see: How am I going to get there; how am I going to come up with the ability to solve the problem? We tend to see scientists as quite a stereotyped group of people, from our experience in the movies, and the reality is quite different. Scientists are remarkably diverse and can be a quite entertaining group of people to be around. They have diverse interests and are generally thinking about the world more broadly and creatively than I think [in] many other walks of life. Science is something that really requires a tremendous amount of interest because it doesn't happen by itself. It really takes the scientist's initiative and will to make it happen. So, I think intelligence, knowledge, all those things are important, but equally important is that creative spark that — I don't see, I don't know how to quantify it in any useful way — but you recognize it when you see it. Back to Video Back to Becoming a Scientist Home |
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