• Question: on a scale of 1-10, how clever/knowledgable do you think you are?

    Asked by emzbarker to Suzie, Sheila, Rob, Geoff, Adam on 22 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Adam Tuff

      Adam Tuff answered on 22 Mar 2011:

      If we go on the scale of everything there is in the universe, I may as well be zero. I think we understand such a tiny amount of our universe, it’s not even worth thinking on scales like this!

      (Alternative answer – out of everyone on the planet? 2*pi)

    • Photo: Suzie Sheehy

      Suzie Sheehy answered on 22 Mar 2011:

      Hmm.. it’s always hard to rate yourselves on these things. I’ve never thought I was particularly clever and I know that I have a rubbish memory so knowledgeable maybe isn’t my thing either. Lol. But other people have told me I must be clever to be where I’m at so maybe I’m not the person to ask….

    • Photo: Sheila Kanani

      Sheila Kanani answered on 22 Mar 2011:

      Hehehe well today I feel about a 5, but then I asked a good question in a meeting so I felt more like a 7. Generally I feel about a 3 especially when working with some of the professors and stuff at my lab! So as you can see it varies a lot. I bet even the smartest people have off days though 🙂

    • Photo: Robert Simpson

      Robert Simpson answered on 22 Mar 2011:

      In astronomy: maybe a 6, in other areas I’ll be generous and give myself a 3 or 4. The more you learn in life, the less you’re sure you know. When it comes to astronomy, I know so many people who are much cleverer than me that its hard to give myself a high mark.

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