On: Drawings of Scientists by kids

[jcl]

Some of the drawings make me wonder if the kids were coached towards a specific message...

http://ed.fnal.gov/projects/scientists/david.html

[pacemkr → jcl]

Feels like they had a class discussion before each drawing. Its basically the same before and after theme. Before: white lab coat, glasses. After: 'normal' people. Not very scientific, excuse the pun.

[msquared → jcl]

I completely agree - I see these kids walking through the halls with employees who were told specifically "OK, emphasize normalcy."

Wouldn't it be ironic if this whole this was a setup experiment (well, it sorta was).

[jyothi → msquared]

yeah probably all scientists were instructed to come in "blue" jeans only.

[Tichy → jyothi]

Because usually they only wear white overalls, as is common knowledge.

[staticshock → jyothi]

have you seen large groups of scientists at work? if not, maybe you're falling for the same stereotypes as those kids.

[timinman → jcl]

It's kind of ironic because what kids are taught is that science is objective. Instead of learning that about science, these kids were fed dogma - which is way to common in 'science' these days.