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Transcript: To be a good scientist one has to, perhaps most importantly, not give up. One needs to be able to recognize you're going to make mistakes. You're going to fail. And you may wander down a dead-end path for a long time. To be a good scientist is to see that stop sign — to turn around and go back in another direction — with the same enthusiasm and belief that you'll be successful again on the next try. It also requires willingness to look beyond your preconceived ideas that this should be the cause of a particular condition, and to be willing to take a step back and believe where your science drives you in terms of exploring other avenues that might ultimately be very, very important. I think scientists have as wide an array of personalities and lifestyles as there possibly can be. There's much more of a family sense about a laboratory, I think, than many people would have expected. You're working as a team. Sometimes you're fighting; sometimes you're disagreeing. But you're also going to play and have a good time, too. Back to Video Back to Becoming a Scientist Home |
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