Kevin P. O'Connell (oconne18 at pilot.msu.edu) wrote:
: In Article <01HLHN8GMXKM9I4ZUB at Butler.EDU> "SCHMID at Butler.EDU" says:
: > P.S. Are scientists also writers and detectives?
: >
: As for writers, I'd say most that I know above the post-doc level are
: exclusively that.
^^^^^^^^^^ !
:: Kevin
Well, who knows why I'm reading anything here in the firstplace
(I'm a guy), but, anyways, that article hit a chord in me. I'd say
one of the best things I did as a young kid was get into stuff like 5-min
mysteries, Encyclopedia Brown, etc. I think it helped my neural
nets question how all new information "fits in". For some of us,
our research really IS detective work.
Re: writing: Now give the old timers a break. They do more than
write proposals, etc. They think sometimes too. By the way, just
because you write, that doesn't make you a writer, which I wouldthink
means someone who writes fiction or non-fiction books or popular
articles for a living; I mean, if you are a scientist who changes your
own oil does that suddenly make you a mechanic too?
--
Jason Taylor | "Doctor, don't cut so deep!
| That's the third operating table you've ruined this week!"
