The Best Of #IAmAScientistBecause
I love it when a #hashtag brings science center stage on big social media platforms. Last year it was #overlyhonestmethods, which I think was entertaining and eye-opening in equal measure!
The latest accidental science communication phenomenon is #IAmAScientistBecause – prompting scientists from all around the world to share their inspiration and motivation and passion for science.
Here’s a few of the best from fellow biologists and conservationists (with a bit of cosmology thrown in because it’s awesome).
#IAmAScientistBecause my honest answer to “what would you want to do all day if you didn’t need money” is “what I actually am doing”
— David Shiffman (@WhySharksMatter) April 6, 2015
#IAmAScientistBecause “look at this incredible Neotropical bioluminescent phengodid beetle!!” is in my vernacular pic.twitter.com/YGsKSh7tvl — Aaron Pomerantz (@AaronPomerantz) April 8, 2015
#IAmAScientistBecause I don’t ‘believe’. Instead I want to know. I am part of the universe & I want to know how I, and it, came to be.
— TIm Coulson (@tncoulson) April 6, 2015
#IAmAScientistBecause I love to solve complex problems that affect humanity separate from race, creed, or conviction! — Matthew Schimenti, M (@mschimen) April 8, 2015
#IAmAScientistBecause My office doesn’t always have walls. @naturejobs pic.twitter.com/p06YVsYDvL
— Michelle LaRue (@drmichellelarue) April 7, 2015
#IAmAScientistBecause my father died from a rare disease, A1AT deficiency. I want to find a cure. @AlphaFriend @Alpha1_Global — Michelle Booze (@DrMLBooze) April 8, 2015
#IAmAScientistBecause How can you not marvel at and want to protect the natural world when it has species like this? pic.twitter.com/2SDsQh9v1y
— Steph J Price (@StephJoycePrice) April 7, 2015
#IAmAScientistBecause “Science is how you turn WTF into OMG” – @SarcasticRover cc @AmSciMag — David Shiffman (@WhySharksMatter) April 6, 2015
#IAmAScientistBecause you cannot conserve something you don’t understand.
— David Steen, Ph.D. (@AlongsideWild) April 5, 2015
#IAmAScientistBecause there are moments when I learn something in the lab and think, I’m the only human that knows this right now — Brian D. Ackley (@DrWorms) April 5, 2015
The universe is amazing – Places like this exist and #IAmAScientistBecause we haven’t been there (yet)! pic.twitter.com/ldslinLRbj
— Matt Hale (@mlhale_) April 8, 2015
#IAmAScientistBecause nothing makes me feel more alive than the natural world, and we must foster knowledge and understanding to protect it. — Becca Brunner (@becca_brunner) April 8, 2015
#IAmAScientistBecause I can get to work on challenging problems of the world without worrying about how much money my solutions will earn.
— Shubhanshu Mishra (@TheShubhanshu) April 8, 2015
#IAmAScientistBecause I still get to play around in rivers like I did when I was growing up! pic.twitter.com/rvsSFAOsIV — Drew Gower (@DBGower) April 8, 2015
#IAmAScientistBecause I can talk about dead things and not be considered a weirdo. pic.twitter.com/syV7PzBsfC
— Kristy Henson (@Mzz_Hyde_RTD) April 8, 2015
#IAmAScientistBecause studying fossils gives us insight into the wonders of today’s biodiversity. pic.twitter.com/fMpAvm4Jco — TSV (@tattoosandbones) April 8, 2015
#IAmAScientistBecause fossils are damn cool. This is a field of woolly mammoth & woolly rhino bones in Siberia. pic.twitter.com/EwE2W02yin
— TSV (@tattoosandbones) April 8, 2015
#IAmAScientistBecause I get to do this pic.twitter.com/Y5hphBddZp — Gretchen (@setophagalady) April 8, 2015
#IAmAScientistBecause I can set up a lab in the middle of the bush in Africa pic.twitter.com/0WeIl0HQLi
— François-J. Lapointe (@fjlapointe) April 8, 2015
#IAmAScientistBecause I had to give in to my frequentist nature and forever worship at the altar of p<0.05. And I love studying fish. — Alastair Harborne (@Alharborne) April 8, 2015
#IAmAScientistBecause I can use dynamite to study nature’s much larger explosions: volcanic eruptions pic.twitter.com/zR7UXqjY8Y
— Alison Graettinger (@AlisonGraetting) April 7, 2015
#IAmAScientistBecause I get to work immersed in nature, and we need to stop this from happening: pic.twitter.com/WrNunH6uEv — Jessica Beare (@Jessica_Katy_B) April 8, 2015
#IAmAScientistBecause Genetic studies/fossil evidence show that my ancestors were making sense of the world 200,000 years ago #BlackAndSTEM
— Christopher Emdin (@chrisemdin) April 7, 2015
#IAmAScientistBecause the world is amazing. #IAmAnEngineerBecause someone has to clean it up because humans keep messing it up. — Geeky Girl Engineer (@gkygirlengineer) April 7, 2015
#IAmAScientistBecause I can drive around with chloroform in my car for a totally non-sketchy use. Also because it’s fun.
— Colette Miller (@ColetteInTheLab) April 7, 2015
#IAmAScientistBecause … Isn’t it obvious? pic.twitter.com/h09euDTZHn — Liz Schrack (@lizschrack) April 7, 2015
#IAmAScientistBecause I get to press the buttons on that million £ machine……
— Sara Fowell (@coral_chemist) April 7, 2015
#IAmAScientistBecause the environment needs someone to help it in this climate change crisis. And it’s an ace job! pic.twitter.com/NO8BxMYDFP — Sara Fowell (@coral_chemist) April 7, 2015
And here’s Mine…
#IAmAScientistBecause Because the natural world has given me so much enjoyment, that the least I can do is work to protect and preserve it.
— James Borrell (@James_Borrell) April 6, 2015
#IAmAScientistBecause I never wanted a ‘real’ job, instead I did what I enjoyed and found a way to get paid doing it. http://t.co/DSfTxsgHDD — James Borrell (@James_Borrell) April 7, 2015
Anymore?
There’s a few more great links online too: