Not long ago (on June 18, 2010) died José Saramago. I got really sad when I heard. Especially because he died only a great writer, but a person with his head very well furnished.
I saw José Saramago once in person in the presentation of one of his books and I was captivated by his thinking and to explain. I think this man should have been glued to his side to a scribe who recorded every word he uttered during his life that were not lost. So when I found out I was dead I could not help myself to watch videos online interviews with contemporary sage has left us.
In one of his interviews on the Internet, Saramago talked about the responsibility of public figures to express their views. And I was struck by a phrase of his that said the end of that interview: "I have no careful what you say. The reason is simple: because I say no more but what I think. And that's all I have for offer. "
concurred that the day before Saramago's death I was talking with a student I was starting a doctorate in astronomy department where I work and I was giving my opinion on the scientific career and astronomer in particular. I was surprised that when we ended the conversation, the student in question thanked me for this conversation because he said it, my words had done much to keep things clearer.
do not mean to compare myself with Saramago, or think that my views are as lucid as yours. But it is true that his words made me see that I, by the fact that they begin to get some other channels at the temples, I'm starting to have a small arsenal of experiences that occasionally it is worth taking a walk. Because, as I said Saramago, " That's all I have to offer ." I hallucinated that even after death, Saramago still had much to teach.
So, as a tribute to Saramago, now I would speak the same thing I talked to one student. If he says he served my words, perhaps some of you are also served. My memory is not too good, so I do not claim now play our conversation word for word. I'm content with expressing the same idea, albeit differently.
The student in question was concerned that, now starting its scientific career was, he said, giving up everything that he liked to do in your free time (eg, hiking, having a girlfriend, ...) and devote himself to science. From my point of view, the problem was that this boy was too used to see scientists in movies. These films are supergeniuses scientists who consider it their duty to sacrifice his personal life to science. Few of them have partners, and those who have just broken their relationship because they take time to discover the secrets of the universe.
This vision gives Hollywood has done much harm. Well, also has its good things. My family is very proud that a family member is an astrophysicist. Sure you think I'ma ports. It's just a matter of time to discover something and give me the Nobel Prize. And that's where I say that deep down they believe that are a little Einstein does more harm than good.
When you are a student supergeniuses aspire to be that everyone expects. But deep down you know yourself and know you're no genius (Well, if you are one of the few geniuses out there Please excuse my foolish words and do not need to read the nonsense I'm writing for other vast majority of mortals). So start doubt whether you are capable of being a scientist, to get you off the race, to be a doctor in physics, simply because your vision of what a scientist does not square with what you are, a human being normalito and eager to go out with girls . So many people very valid to be a scientist is not able to overcome that mental hurdle and eventually abandoned the road somewhere.
Although then there is the other student. One who truly believes a supergeniuses and that sooner or later, just cheating yourself and it becomes more unhappy being on the planet.
So now I would like to demolish the idea Scientists would have us believe. Being a scientist is no trick. Anyone interested is perfectly capable of achieving a career in science. It is true that we should be a good student, but I do not think that is unique to the scientific career and is only reserved for the genius of the planet. You just have to be able to be curious and want to understand the universe using the scientific method. To get you the race you just have to study a subject and then another and another to finish. To make an argument just look to solve small problems every day keeping his eyes on solving a larger problem. With time and perseverance anything is possible. Your goal if
want to be a scientist should not be named awards of cigarettes, but the satisfaction of understanding (or help to understand) the way nature works. I am amazed still could concentrate on something that fascinates me. And really, if I have been getting into this world, you are perfectly capable of doing well. Do not hesitate. Put on record and go. I do not hesitate to admit that I'm no Einstein. Science also needs Salieris. Not everyone can be Mozart, or need to. By the way, did you know that was a work by Antonio Salieri, riconosciuta Europe, which inaugurated the Teatro alla Scala in Milan in 1778?
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