• Question: Why did you enter this competition?

    Asked by funkygoldfish to James, Marcus, Martin, Rob, Suzanne on 16 Mar 2012. This question was also asked by sophie2000.
    • Photo: Marcus Gallagher-Jones

      Marcus Gallagher-Jones answered on 16 Mar 2012:

      Because I love talking to people about science. No seriously I do. I’m paid by the government to do my work. That money comes from taxes paid by your parents. I think you should at least know how it’s being spent right. Public engagement is something that should be given a lot more focus on in the scientific community so I think events like this are great.

    • Photo: Martin Zaltz Austwick

      Martin Zaltz Austwick answered on 16 Mar 2012:

      I thought it might be fun to see what people thought about science, and if there’s anything useful I could tell people about it.

      As Marcus says, we get paid from taxes – so when you’re working, you’ll be paying my wages. The least I can do is a little chat once in a while 🙂

    • Photo: Suzanne McEndoo

      Suzanne McEndoo answered on 18 Mar 2012:

      I’d heard good things about I’m a Scientist before, so when I saw that they were looking for people for a quantum zone, I applied. I love getting to talk to people about science and hearing all the questions they come up with. Sometimes the questions are fun and I get to talk about stuff I know, but other times someone will ask a real stumper of a question and I have to go away and investigate.

      Plus, if you get to do stuff like this and call it your job, that’s pretty awesome!

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