• Question: What are the 3 most important qualities you must have to be a good scientist?

    Asked by hannahkw to Laura, Lily, Mark, Paul, Sarah on 23 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      Sarah Bardsley answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      Great question! I guess:

      1. nosiness – you’ve got to be interested in understanding stuff
      2. patience – immediate results are not always forthcoming!
      3. open-mindedness – to consider the impossible

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      Mark Roberts answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      Patience
      Curiosity / Innovative
      Truthful

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      Lily Asquith answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      Honesty, creativity, perseverance

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      Paul Roche answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      Good question! I think you have to be:

      Enthusiastic (about science – you need to enjoy doing it)

      Hard working (you have to get through a lot of science lessons before you can become a scientist!)

      Inquisitive (you need to ask a lot of questions, and keep asking them until you start getting answers)

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