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Asked by anon-245770 to Sam, Samantha, Nicol, Lori-Ann, Liam, David on 11 Mar 2020.
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Lori-Ann Foley answered on 11 Mar 2020:
They do! People who are interested in science tend to read books and watch shows about it, so they learn that way. Then they study it at school and university, where they learn more things but also do practical experiments to see how things work and learn even more. And then, when the scientist decides on what job they want to do, they will probably do even more training to learn the specific things that they need to know. I use computer programmes that are climate models – so like weather forecasters use, and I had to be trained to know how the program works and also how to take the data that comes out and plot that into graphs and pictures, so I can understand it.
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David Sobral answered on 11 Mar 2020:
Of course. We need to train in the way we think and question the world and ourselves, in addition to learning and becoming experts on specific tools or in the way we operate computers or specific machines or telescopes.
Perhaps the most important training you get as a scientist is to be sceptical and to learn to doubt and to enjoy the discovery process – that’s the only way you can truly learn and discover what does not make sense and what simply is not true at all.
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Samantha Faircloth answered on 11 Mar 2020:
Hello Elib, scientists do need to be trained. This begins at secondary school. Many people who want to be scientists study subjects like chemistry, physics, biology or maths. That will give you a lot of information about science. Some people then do A-levels in those subjects to become more expert. Then, some people do a science subject at university. I studied ‘Earth Science’ at university. I then did a masters degree in ‘Geoscience’ and then I did a PhD in Moon science!! Not everyone has to do a degree or PhD…you could get a very good science job with just A-levels. It really depends which science field you are interested in! : -)
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