• Question: If you weren't a scientist, what other profession would you want to be?

    Asked by tucker2011 to Anna, Craig, Richard, Shane, Sue on 14 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by minty501.
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      Richard Case answered on 13 Jun 2011:

      I put on my profile that I wanted to be a computer programmer when I was in school… but I would have liked to be an athlete if I could pick anything.. I represented the school, county and Wales in athletics and would have loved to be competing in London 2012… although I would be on the verge of retiring at the grand old age of 35 🙂

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      Anna Williams answered on 13 Jun 2011:

      Hi Tucker2011,
      If I hadn’t done forensic science, I would have liked to research into sleep disorders. If I hadn’t been a scientist, I think a writer. I think everyone has a good novel inside them, and it just takes the right impetus and dedication to get it out on paper. I have started to write a novel, and if I wasn’t a scientist, I’d love to write books and get paid for it.

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      Craig McKenzie answered on 13 Jun 2011:

      Hi Tucker2011,
      I liked your question and it got me thinking…… I think I would liked to have been a mountain guide taking people around the high places of the world – it is one of my favourite things to do when I am out of the lab –

      if it was another type of scientist I would be a marine biologist or an ecologist. I couldn’t actually imagine being anything else than a scientist – I love it!

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      Shane Pennington-Cooper answered on 13 Jun 2011:

      If I had never got interested in forensic science I think it would have definitely gone into graphic design, I am a very creative person so this would have been a fantastic route to go.

      I used to be a freelance web and logo designer so I would have followed this through if I was not so passionate in science.

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      Sue Carney answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      This is a really hard question! Science is my passion, and I can’t imagine not being a scientist. Like Anna, I also love writing and I dabble with writing crime fiction. I’d love to get paid to do that. However, one other thing I really love is snooker, and I’m not too bad at it either! So, if I couldn’t be a scientist, I’d love to be a professional snooker player, and play at The Crucible in Sheffield.

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