Filed under: Education, Graduate School, PhD, Research, University
I love it when highly educated, intelligent, and knowledgeable scientists find something new that’s so damn cool, the only thing they can come up with to say is, “It’s a big weird looking freaky thing.” Ichthyologist Doug Long of the California Academy of Sciences came up with that one in an interview with Wired Science.
He’s right. I mean, look at that thing. It’s fascinating, but it’s a tad bizarre. I don’t care how many degrees that guy has, even I would be too giddy to remember my super science-y vocabulary words if someone had just discovered some crazy new organism that I was going to get to play with.
Posted by Alexa Harrington
Exactly! I like any intellectual to use normal language letting on that yes, they are in fact human and not computer. Any scientist that can use relatable language has got to be the real thing; passionate about his or her subject and not just one of those academic snobs who use fancy language to hide their ignorance.
Comment by Sarah 09.24.09 @ 1:37 pm