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Published · transcript-backedJessica Wade: belief
5 Apr 2023 Conversations with Tyler Jessica Wade on Chiral Materials, Open Knowledge, and Representation in STEM
“I think probably the stereotypes about what it takes to be a great scientist or a great athlete or something like that — that hard work, that commitment, that dedication, that enthusiasm, that curiosity — I’m fine with those kinds of things.”
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- Jessica Wade
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- 5 Apr 2023
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…Are there any such stereotypes we should be willing to accept or even embrace? One reads also, well, Jane Goodall did better with chimpanzees because she was a woman. Maybe chimpanzees are more trusting of women. I have no idea. But all the stereotypes go, or just some? Another fantastic question. I think probably the stereotypes about what it takes to be a great scientist or a great athlete or something like that — that hard work, that commitment, that dedication, that enthusiasm, that curiosity — I’m fine with those kinds of things. I don’t want people to be stereotyped by their gender or their ethnicity or their physical ability. I want everyone to have the same opportunity, and then to just be able to work out exactly what it is that they love and how they’re going to make the world better. How would you distinguish between productive and unproductive ways to encourage women in science?…
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