What Kind Of Scientist Are You?
All the following archetypes of scientists, suggested in 1994 by Roslynn Haynes in her book “From Faust to Strangelove: Representations of the Scientist in Western Literature”, are a reflection of the public understanding of science and social perception of the developing technologies during different periods of time.
- 1.My favourite part of the research process is...
- A.
Preparation stage
- B.
Formulating question of the research
- C.
Overcoming challenges within the process
- D.
Final results analysis
- E.
Results reporting
- F.
Experiments
- 2.What do you think about the need to communicate science to society?
- A.
There is no such need. Society has nothing to do with science.
- B.
As long as it happens naturally this is ok, but there is no need for pursuing science communication.
- C.
Science communication is an important tool in the hands of scientists and is a vital part of science in the 21st century.
- D.
Science communication could be used as a tool to create impression scietists care about needs of society to avoid moral and legal issues, but indeed science doesn’t need such interaction
- 3.What is your favourite way to spend your free time/weekends?
- A.
I am a scientist, I don’t have free time! Even if I had, I would prefer to stay in my lab to continue my work.
- B.
I usually go to conferences and courses to improve my skills and level up my qualification
- C.
I spent my free time with my colleagues.
- D.
I prefer to spend my free time in a harmony with a nature: hiking, camping, outdoor activities.
- E.
Doing extreme sports
- F.
Attending secret club to explore conspiracy theories.
- 4.If you had a collection of something, what would it be?
- A.
Cold weapon
- B.
Herbarium
- C.
DNA samples of my ex partners
- D.
Antique microscopes
- E.
I don’t like to collect things, they are just a trash
- F.
Samples of Uranium from the places I have travelled to
- 5.What kind of superpower would you like to have?
- A.
Invisibility
- B.
Telepathy
- C.
Inhuman knowledge
- D.
Teleportation
- E.
Super speed
- F.
Emotionlessness
- 6.I see myself as a researcher as…
- A.
Critical, quarrelsome
- B.
Open to new experiences, complex
- C.
Quite irresponsible
- D.
Calm, emotionally stable
- E.
Secretive
- F.
Isolated
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