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A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.
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This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.
I always figure we ask kids what they want to be when they grow up because they have better imagination and we adults are looking for ideas.
Nah. We ask them because "just being who you are" isn't good enough.
No, its because who you are and what you enjoy is limited by context. If there is something they enjoy or imagine enjoying, helping them explore that is, IMO, part of a parent's responsibilities.
You're giving them the opportunity to find out who they are.