Even kids in jr high can figure out that we've been spoon-fed some misconceptions of how scientists look and act. I wonder where they get these ideas from. Certainly not the media. They would never create caricatures of real people.
Neurotopia
Stronger. Faster. Bloggier. Now chock full of glial goodness. **Warning** contains neuro-nuts.
Search
Profile
The Evil Monkey has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from a southeastern U.S. university. After a postdoctoral nightmare of Inquisitorial proportions, he is currently working in a laboratory and an adjunct assistant professor at a nearby state university.
Scicurious has a PhD in Physiology from a southern institution. She is a nerd, a geek, and also a dork. And yes, that really is her brain.
NotoriousLTP is an MD-PhD student in New York City. After finishing (hopefully soon) his PhD in behavioral neuroscience, he will re-enter the fun vortex that is medical education.
Disclaimer: The opinions on this blog do not represent any organization to which we may belong, or employers, or basically anybody but us. So there.
Recent Comments
- Sesli Chat on Lightspeed Magazine: Sci Fi and Reality collide
- hali yikama on The Basics: History of Hormone Therapy and Menopause
- Justin on You might not be ready for college if...
- Houston Weight Loss Centers on Top 15 science hotties and labia-punching
- Pearland Computer Repair on Charging women for their own rape kits?
- David on Top 15 science hotties and labia-punching
- Rebecca Hurst on Just Give 'em Some Nyquil While You're At It
- sesli chat on Top 15 science hotties and labia-punching
- brain shirts on Zombies get philosophical
- sudha on A simple way to get the antiscience crowd to come around?
Recent Posts
- Visiting professorships
- Lightspeed Magazine: Sci Fi and Reality collide
- Top 15 science hotties and labia-punching
- 7th graders discover scientists are just like everybody else
- My Official Farewell
- I'm afraid I've been thinking
- Zombies get philosophical
- A simple way to get the antiscience crowd to come around?
- Solving the Abortion Issue.... BP style
- Hey President Obama: Want to pay tribute to Sen. Kennedy?
Categories
- Academia
- Activism
- Addiction
- Aging/Gerontology
- Basic Science Posts
- Blog Carnivals
- CNS Diseases and Disorders
- Cognition
- Evil Journal Club
- Evolution
- Friday Weird Science
- Health Care/Medicine
- Menopause
- Natural Sciences
- Neuroscience
- Philosophy
- Physiology
- Politics/Policy
- Primatology
- Religion
- Rocket Surgery
- Synaptic Misfires
- Terrible Poetry
Blogroll
Archives
- August 2011
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- August 2006
- July 2006
- June 2006
Other Junk
« My Official Farewell | Main | Top 15 science hotties and labia-punching »
7th graders discover scientists are just like everybody else
Category: Academia
Posted on: July 12, 2010 4:21 PM, by Evil Monkey
Find more posts in: 
Education
EducationTrackBacks
TrackBack URL for this entry: http://scienceblogs.com/mt/pings/143572
Comments
I think you meant to link to the main project website:
http://ed.fnal.gov/projects/scientists/
Posted by: techspoon | July 12, 2010 10:37 PM
Oops! Think the other url somehow found its way out of the post....
Posted by: Evil Monkey | July 12, 2010 11:51 PM
Good stuff, Evil! Is there something similar for IT professionals? We might have it even worse than scientists.
Posted by: Who's Yer Daddy? | July 14, 2010 10:31 PM
How beautiful!
"A scientist is a person who had very good grades in school. A scientist is a person who can adapt to different languages. A scientist is a person who can relax. A scientist is a person who really likes his job. A scientist, truly, is a normal, happy, nice person."
Kierman http://ed.fnal.gov/projects/scientists/kierman.html
Posted by: mstef | October 19, 2010 1:25 PM
Yes they are, and they will always the same like the others.
Posted by: profollica | June 27, 2011 1:06 AM
Even kids in jr high can figure out that we've been spoon-fed some misconceptions of how scientists look and act. I wonder where they get these ideas from. Certainly not the media. They would never create caricatures of real people
Posted by: sudha | October 7, 2011 7:05 AM