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It's Complicated: Jul 29, 2009

Jul 29, 2009

"Science is a master manipulator," blogs the Ambivalent Academic. She says that when she started out in science, things were grand — it was exciting and experiments went well. Then everything went awry, but she couldn't leave. "Then, just when I was ready to throw in the towel, things changed again. Oh, I'm so sorry, said Science," writes the Ambivalent Academic. She's not the only one. At Blue Lab Coats, Drdra chimes in, "Aren't all of us academic scientists (at least) in this co-dependent relationship with science?"

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