Question: what made you want to be a sciencentist

Gabriel Gallardo answered on 4 Mar 2019: last edited 5 Mar 2019 3:44 am

I was a very curious kid growing up. I always asked my dad random questions like, “How does a light bulb work?” or “How do boats float?” and things like that. He never discouraged me from asking questions, he encouraged me to be curious. I also liked watching documentaries as a kid, and I thought science was fascinating.

Isn’t it cool that, with maybe a few lines of math, you could describe things that happen in nature? You could theoretically use math to figure out how much gas your car needs, or how fast your kettle boils, or how your guitar makes sounds… If we dig deep enough, we might even find out how our universe was made, and the universe will end (if it even ends at all!).

I also thought this cartoon, Dexter’s Laboratory, was pretty cool as a kid.

(Comic from https://abstrusegoose.com/275)