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Anyway, this page is to tell you a little bit about myself
and this blog. How would I describe myself? Well, this is the internet so I can
say anything, like I’m a swashbuckling scientist super-secret agent who heals
the sick, tends to the needy and helps the elderly cross roads in his spare
time. But accuracy is pretty important in science, so I’m a depressed and
slightly disillusioned science student.
I started this blog out of a kind of frustration with the
scientific community. I got fed up of seeing academics who are only interested
in increasing their own renown and have lost (if they ever had it to begin
with) their passion for science and learning about the world and its many
mysteries. For all I could see, the world of academic science is merely one of
elitism and hunger for status and renown, and those who have a genuine passion
for their work are ridiculed and looked down upon by their colleagues.
In my brief time as a postgraduate research student I have
heard fascination and enthusiasm for science mocked and discouraged, seen
students brutally discouraged when giving presentations and seen a general
disinterest in learning and teaching science. I have started this site in the
hope that I can tell people about interesting and exciting things from the
world of science and technology without wrapping it up in pretentious terms and elitism and
just talking about things because it is fun and interesting and stimulating
simply to know them, simply to satisfy curiosity.
So please, enjoy my site.
Adam
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