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Asked by type520joke on 14 Jun 2025.
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Andrew Wood answered on 16 Jun 2025:
Always with other people. It is impossible to know absolutely everything you need to know yourself. The best way is to have a team with multiple different skills so you can share work.
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Will Breeze answered on 16 Jun 2025:
With people.
Science has a perception of being a lonely occupation. The individual alone in their laboratory working long hours in isolation is a fictional trope. This is far from the truth; in reality science is a collaborative effort where the sharing of information and working together is the best way to progress.
In every science based job I have had there has been a strong need to share your time/expertise/reasoning. Teamwork is essential.
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Ioanna Bezirtzoglou answered on 16 Jun 2025:
100% with people although some aloine time is nice to relax
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Laura Durrant answered on 17 Jun 2025:
With people, definitely. In any science discipline, it’s considered good practice to have a second opinion and collaborate and share ideas. Although, I do enjoy a bit of alone time too like when I’m doing my lab work!
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Charlotte Slade answered on 1 Jul 2025:
That’s a brilliant question, and it’s one that scientists think about a lot. The honest answer is, you absolutely need both, and great science happens when you know when to use each style.
Think of it like building something amazing out of LEGO.
There are times when I need to work without people. This is my quiet, focused time where I can sit down with a really tricky part of the puzzle. It’s just me and the data, and I can concentrate on figuring out exactly how the pieces should fit together to make something new and strong. This is my “detective time.”
But the biggest and most exciting projects are always built with a team. A project is too big for one person to build alone!
Science is the ultimate team sport. I might be a physicist, so I’m really good with one type of LEGO brick (the rules of how the universe works). But to build something truly incredible, like a new medical scanner, I need to work with engineers (who are LEGO master builders), computer scientists (who can make the LEGO creation move and think), and doctors (who know exactly what the LEGO creation needs to do to help a patient).
My best work happens when I can do my quiet thinking, find a new clue, and then bring it to the team. By sharing our ideas, we can solve problems much faster and build things that none of us could have ever imagined on our own.
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charlottemaughanjones commented on :
Always with people. 🙂 Science is collaborative – it is always better when you work together.
aureliabrzezowska commented on :
In cyber it is near impossible to work without people! I do enjoy it as it can feel quite lonely without that aspect.