{"id":59,"date":"2011-01-12T01:27:32","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T01:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/?p=59"},"modified":"2011-01-12T01:27:32","modified_gmt":"2011-01-12T01:27:32","slug":"on-personal-interest-in-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/2011\/01\/12\/on-personal-interest-in-research\/","title":{"rendered":"On Personal Interest in Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

People interested in science often have experiences in their childhood that predict their adult interests. There is reference to this in “Outliers”. I came across a Ted Talk<\/a> that describes the same phenomenon on a personal level (when did the scientific method originate and a personal story from Kary Mullis). Note comments on postmodernism.<\/p>\n

I grew up on a farm and had an interest in science. There were various manifestations of this. One thing I remember that sounds strange now was that my parents let me experiment with chickens. I used to feed them different types of food and count the number of eggs they produced. I cannot remember exactly what I thought I determined, but I do remember keeping a notebook with a daily tally of eggs collected. Mom and dad did not care as long as I was willing to donate the eggs. Now, this story is not as spectaular as shooting frogs into space (Mullis\\’ story), but I wonder how common such early experiences are?<\/p>\n

BTW – Mullis does have what may be a less politically correct take on global warming and that makes him interesting as well.<\/p>\n

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