Inspired by orcmagazine.com’s racial profiling site Google
your race) in which they list the results entirely out of context of searching Google
with the phrases "white people are known for", "black people are known for",
"Hispanics are known for" etc etc, we thought we’d give it a try with the phrase
"Scientists are known for". Some interesting results emerged, all of them
totally out of context and not necessarily meaning what you think they mean, but
interesting in some strange way nevertheless.
Scientists are known for…
- their sense of humour
- their ability to share their insights
- their love for painting and music
- being concerned more with basic research than
commercialization - refusing to accept medicine or treatment by doctors
(admittedly it was Christian Scientists in this case) - keeping long hours
- their expertise in such areas as cytogenetics
- their lucid and elegant prose (in fact it was few
social scientists) - challenging conventional wisdom and changing our
world for the better - their assertiveness, self-promotion, and high
degree of self-confidence - their intuitive models
- being precise
Later, we’ll Google another job to find out what Google really thinks of you…