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Asked by ridgedasher to Alberto, Chris, Emmanuel, Jennie, Michelle on 18 Jun 2013. This question was also asked by wilmo3000.
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Jennie Douthwaite answered on 18 Jun 2013:
The work of other scientists is very important. We all do very different work, and we all have our strengths and weaknesses. Some scientists are able to work out what problems we need to solve; others how to solve them. As we all have different talents, we need to work as teams and it is important to read about what other teams have done so we can learn from them.
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Chris Whittle answered on 18 Jun 2013:
I enjoy a lot of science outside that of my own field, and appreciate the work that other scientists do. A lot of it is very different to my work!
Working with other scientists from other backgrounds is becoming incredibly important now, and often one or two scientists don’t have enough knowledge or experience to solve a problem, so it’s great to be able to draw on the strengths of other people.
There are other people working on very similar projects to mine, so it’s always a good idea to keep track of them to ensure I’m on top of the research area.
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Emmanuel Amabebe answered on 18 Jun 2013:
They are all working on fantastic areas of life.life is complex so we must give a multidimensional approach.
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Emmanuel Amabebe answered on 18 Jun 2013:
They are all working on fantastic areas of life.life is complex so we must give it a multidimensional approach. I commend the other scientists on their various research areas as I benefit a lot from learning about other topics and subject areas.
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Michelle Taylor answered on 20 Jun 2013:
There are many many more fascinating science questions than one person can ever answer so we need as many curious minds as possible to work on all different science subjects so that we can understand our world and help to solve the problems that we face.
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Alberto Lapedriza answered on 24 Jun 2013:
It’s very important to be up to date with the work of other scientists, especially in your field. We need to know the experiments they have done, and the conclusions they got, to avoid repeating experiments and wasting time and money. An important part of being a scientist is reading about other scientists’ research.
I usually think that most of the research published is of a really good quality. But part of being a scientists is to criticise what other people conclude with their experiments, so sometimes we have to criticise other researcher’s science if we think that their conclusions aren’t right.
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