• Question: what is your most important aspect of science?

    Asked by tomtomjelly to Andrew, Emma, Marianne on 15 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      anon answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      Ah wobbly drum person.

      I think (for me) it is the abillity to use science to treat and cure human disease.

      Some people seem to think it’s the fame, the chicks and the money but I don’t care about that stuff.

    • Photo: Andrew Maynard

      Andrew Maynard answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      Hi tomtomjelly,

      probably asking questions, carrying out experiments to test the answers, and changing the answers based on what the experiments tell you. This is at the heart of science.

      But don’t take my word for it – here’s a video of the physicist Richard Feynman on the key to science:

      (I was introduced to this great video by one of the other contestants by the way – but no-one in the Silicon Zone).

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