do you have your scientist brain on all the time?

Question: do you have your scientist brain on all the time?

Asked by quilts to Louise, Michaela, Sian, Steve, Yvette on 23 Jun 2010 in Categories: Scientist.
- Steven Kiddle answered on 22 Jun 2010:
  
  In a way yes, but you learn to ignore it. Most scientists are or become quite analytical, sometimes we think too hard about everyday things instead of just getting on with them. But this isn’t always a bad thing. I make a strong effort not to think about/talk science too much with my friends unless they ask, as im sure they would be bored by the techincal details of what im thinking about doing!
- Yvette Wilson answered on 22 Jun 2010:
  
  no, sometimes I leave it somewhere:-) Seriously, I sometimes try to catch up on some work when I get home in the evening but it never goes well as I would rather catch up with my husband, cook a nice meal, go sailing, or go running, or to the gymn…you get the idea. I think there’s a reason for copping out at the end of the day though as I do have a lot to figure out during the day.
- Louise Johnson answered on 22 Jun 2010:
  
  Well, I don’t spend all the time concentrating as hard on science as I do when I’m in the middle of something particularly difficult at work – I’d get migraines if I did that!
  
  But being a scientist doesn’t really need a special brain, just curiosity and some little habits and skills like arguing both sides of a question or trying to test ideas. Those don’t switch themselves off when you leave the lab, so in that sense I do always have my science brain on – it’s the only one I have!
- Sian Harding answered on 23 Jun 2010:
  
  I switch off by watching rubbish on TV. But its always there in the background, questioning things and wondering about things
- Michaela Livingstone answered on 23 Jun 2010:
  
  Hell no! My science brain is off for the next five days whilst I’m at Glastonbury.

Question: do you have your scientist brain on all the time?

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