{"id":1695,"date":"2009-02-05T20:05:22","date_gmt":"2009-02-05T20:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2009\/02\/05\/scientist_in_i_am_not_omniscient_claim_shock\/"},"modified":"2009-02-05T20:05:22","modified_gmt":"2009-02-05T20:05:22","slug":"scientist_in_i_am_not_omniscient_claim_shock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2009\/02\/05\/scientist_in_i_am_not_omniscient_claim_shock\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientist in “I am not omniscient” claim shock"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Why, yes, I do get most of my news headlines from the BBC website. Why do you ask?)
\nReturning to my building just now with my healthy balanced lunch1<\/a><\/sup> in hand, I was stopped in the street by a younger woman who I assume was a student. I really need to stop wearing my work ID badge while out of my department2<\/a><\/sup>, because apparently to some people the tell-tale purple lanyard represents The Source Of All Knowledge.
\nStudent:<\/strong> “Excuse me, do you know where the seminar is?”
\nMe:<\/strong> “No. I mean, which seminar?”
\nStudent:<\/strong> “It got moved forward half an hour and I can’t find it.”
\nMe:<\/strong> “Who’s speaking?” (thinking that this might narrow down the possible venues according to their size).
\nStudent:<\/strong> “I don’t know, it’s about genetics… epi, epigenetics… something like that.”
\nMe:<\/strong> “Sorry, no idea. There are like twenty seminar rooms in these two buildings.”
\nStudent:<\/strong> “……..oh.” (Walks off looking peeved with my failure to help).
\nI could say something about the perception of scientists by my parents<\/del> my friends<\/del> the general public. Or about the expectation that I will be able to converse at length about Uncle Joe’s diabetes, or whether I think Pluto should be a planet.
\nBut I think I’ll just enjoy my cookie instead.
\nfn1.teeny salad, cranberry juice, crisps and a cookie
\nfn2.other reasons being patients in the clinical building thinking I am the other kind of Doctor, and bus drivers confusing me by saying “good morning, Catherine” as I validate my ticket. On the other hand it does get me a 5% discount at a local beer and wine store.
\n(I don’t know why one footnote tag is working, but not the other. Oh well, you know what I mean).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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