Tuesday, October 23, 2018

"Scientists are Always at the Drawing Board"

   Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. In the video linked below, he is answering a couple of questions at a science convention of some sort. He talked about how 96% of the universe is still undiscovered and unknown, which is extraordinarily exciting for scientists. Because of this, scientists will absolutely never run out of things to study and learn about. But something Tyson said really caught my attention and got me thinking. He said that "scientists are always at the drawing board". He is totally right. The only thing constant about science is that it's always changing. New information is being discovered every single day by scientists all over the world. Not only that, but we are also learning everyday things that contradict what we thought we already knew about science. Science textbooks and journals are constantly rewritten and edited as we find new information, which makes it so a scientists job is never officially done. This can be frustrating, but with the right mindset is extremely exciting. We will never stop learning about science, and as Tyson said, we'll always be "at the drawing board".
   


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