10 hour days in the lab and the field just for watching seaweed dry and looking at barnacle penises under a microscope. Now that's what I call biology.
I realize as a true scientist it is your duty to disdain it, but have you read the most recent Popular Scientist? metherion is still getting it at our address and I got a real kick out of their annual feature, the 10 worst jobs in science.
This year's contenders included people who collect orangutan pee (to measure hormone levels), people who collect micro-organisms from uninhabitable places, sperm donation processors, etc., etc. #3 on the list was my favorite - biology teachers in Kansas. I photocopied the article and gave it to my colleague next door, who is teaching a course on science and religion.
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Date: 2005-10-20 01:59 am (UTC)I realize as a true scientist it is your duty to disdain it, but have you read the most recent Popular Scientist?
This year's contenders included people who collect orangutan pee (to measure hormone levels), people who collect micro-organisms from uninhabitable places, sperm donation processors, etc., etc. #3 on the list was my favorite - biology teachers in Kansas. I photocopied the article and gave it to my colleague next door, who is teaching a course on science and religion.