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.
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I think you meant to link to the main project website:
http://ed.fnal.gov/projects/scientists/
Oops! Think the other url somehow found its way out of the post....
Good stuff, Evil! Is there something similar for IT professionals? We might have it even worse than scientists.
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
Yes they are, and they will always the same like the others.
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