Barry states that in order to be a scientist one must not only be intelligent, but as well as passion, and courage among many other things. "It is not the courage to venture into the unknown. It is the courage to accept--indeed, embrace--uncertainty." The strategy used here to assess the skill needed to be a scientist, and the will power to do whatever when needed in order to get just a little bit closer to the final discovery. The only beliefs that scientist can have are the process of inquiry. " To move forcefully and aggressively even while uncertain requires a confidence and strength deeper than physical courage." A scientist must do more than anyone could ever imagine in order to find the answers that are needed to better out society, and the well being of everyone. They must find ways to get answers to what they need. If it be by backbreaking work or using dynamite to blow up a mountain side to look at the land. Not every scientist can deal well with uncertainty, due to that not all scientists are as good as the others. The successful ones are those who are willing to take the risks to be wrong, and try to prove something that no one has ever done before. It always begins with intelligent guesswork, but if to afraid to do so they will never succeed. The less they know the more chance they have to find the answer they are working towards or even invent one. All that it takes is the desire to discover something new and, the risk that you might even be completely wrong and not be taken seriously for what you do. That is the risk they take every day. |