What is the best thing about being a scientist?
The best thing about being a scientist, and the thing that appeals to scientists about science, is that it is venturing into the unknown. When you set up an experiment, you do so because you are trying to get some answer; you're trying to test. The most fun thing about science is that 90% of the answer you get will be what you haven't anticipated, and the surprise is that the things that you learn that you didn't anticipate are what allows you to make further advances. People are always saying "What did you get for your results?" I've got more questions than answers. For a scientist, that's just brilliant. More questions; I'm in business forever! It's surprises all the way. If you're going to do things which are not surprising, you're not going to get something out that you didn't know, so what's the point? If you already all know all this, there's no challenge to it. So, I'm repeating, "Sorry, I'm not a cook, I don't have recipes" Cooks actually develop recipes, obviously, so they adventure out in their field, but I don't want do things that somebody's already given you the recipe for. I want to do something that is new so that at the end of the day you find out maybe how you do it better; you find out something that nobody ever knew before, and that is really fun!
