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Asked by anon-249323 to Zoya, Tom, Stacey, Laura, James, Connor on 11 Mar 2020.
Question: As a scientist, do you ever get stereotyped?
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Stacey New answered on 11 Mar 2020: last edited 11 Mar 2020 8:38 am
I don’t really get stereotyped, but because I work at the Met Office all of my family keep asking me when they will see me on the TV presenting the weather! Even though I keep telling them I’m a climate scientist and not a forecaster.
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James Lees answered on 11 Mar 2020:
All the time.
As a Physicist ‘The Big Bang Theory’ has been a thorn in my side for a long time and the question of “Which one are you?” got old quickly.
I’m not saying the broad stereotypes don’t have a reason for existing but people can make a lot of untrue assumptions very quickly about you. For one people think i’m smart which is categorically untrue!
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Tom Scott answered on 11 Mar 2020:
I suppose the main stereotype I have to battle is around the perceived dangers of nuclear power and radioactivity. That’s why I think it’s very important to communicate to the world outside a University and do things like this.
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Zoya answered on 11 Mar 2020:
The main sterotype I have to battle is about editing peoples genome and making designer babies 😔
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Laura Mason answered on 12 Mar 2020:
Yes, people hear forensic and think it must be like in TV shows and movies but real science is very rarely like it is on TV
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