{"id":6329,"date":"2018-08-12T01:15:38","date_gmt":"2018-08-12T04:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/?p=6329"},"modified":"2019-08-19T14:15:58","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T17:15:58","slug":"scientist-stereotype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/scientist-stereotype\/","title":{"rendered":"The scientist stereotype"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world is driven by stereotypes. Thus, it is no surprise that in the science world, we have a scientist stereotype too.<\/p>\n<p>This stereotype brings many statements. Such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Science is difficult\/boring<\/li>\n<li>Scientists are weirdos\/nerds<\/li>\n<li>Only scientists understand science<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As scientists, we know that those facts are not true. They are only part of the scientist stereotype. However, we can&#8217;t blame people for thinking like that. The media is daily building a typo that quite often does not match the reality.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/C1dmtEuMtJqMg\" width=\"480\" height=\"441\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/i9qmSfLuXXcXK\" width=\"480\" height=\"361\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\u00a0<\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Well, if we are not the scientist stereotype. Who are we? Who is the real scientist?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/alberteinste.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6332 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/alberteinste.jpg\" alt=\"The scientist stereotype\" width=\"512\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/alberteinste.jpg 512w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/alberteinste-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most of us are young scientists, passioned about what we do and excited about finding the answers to our questions.<\/p>\n<p>But more important than that, we are regular people who like a little humour. If there is one thing I can point out about scientists, is that we have sense of humour. Otherwise, how would we come up with ideas like these:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carinbondar.com\/\">Dr. Carin Bondar &#8211; Biology with a twist<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carinbondar.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7933\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cropped-sarahsovereignphotography_carin17-1-1024x336.jpg\" alt=\"cropped-SarahSovereignPhotography_Carin17-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cropped-sarahsovereignphotography_carin17-1-1024x336.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cropped-sarahsovereignphotography_carin17-1-300x98.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cropped-sarahsovereignphotography_carin17-1-768x252.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cropped-sarahsovereignphotography_carin17-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carinbondar.com\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sketchingscience.atgc\/\">Sketching Science<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sketchingscience.atgc\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6336\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/13769428_1748556818716876_3023228776199952777_n.jpg\" alt=\"The scientist stereotype\" width=\"714\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/13769428_1748556818716876_3023228776199952777_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/13769428_1748556818716876_3023228776199952777_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/13769428_1748556818716876_3023228776199952777_n-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neiltyson\">Neil deGrasse Tyson twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neiltyson\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6341\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/neil-degrasse-tyson-twitter-no-food-named-uranus.png\" alt=\"The scientist stereotype\" width=\"501\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/neil-degrasse-tyson-twitter-no-food-named-uranus.png 453w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/neil-degrasse-tyson-twitter-no-food-named-uranus-300x142.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The funny thing is that we hardly think about science communication in our daily life. Most humorist science websites were made only to be funny and entertain. Simple as that.<br \/>\nHowever, by making science funnier, we made it easier to understand too. This way, lay people started to approach the science world.<\/p>\n<p>From Facebook pages to science tv shows, the scientist stereotype is starting to fade. People are taking the first steps to understand science, and guess what? They are liking it.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, there is still scientific publishing and the academia that demand a more professional behavior. However, even there you can see that scientist find a little joy in small actions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/1741-7007-8-25\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5294 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/title_thomas.jpg\" alt=\"The scientist stereotype\" width=\"737\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/title_thomas.jpg 737w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/title_thomas-300x118.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Can you imagine if we could make everything about science easy to undestand as a funny pun?<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/cwTj2ZNIuFGDe\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Science communication is already getting updated. Maybe you should try to keep up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/get-visibility-5-steps\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6111\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/preview-63724f.png\" alt=\"The scientist stereotype\" width=\"369\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/preview-63724f.png 1500w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/preview-63724f-300x65.png 300w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/preview-63724f-768x167.png 768w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/preview-63724f-1024x223.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world is driven by stereotypes. Thus, it is no surprise that in the science world, we have a scientist stereotype too. 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