Jillian Scudder
As a scientist, it is not the "not knowing" that bothers me. Dr Jillian Scudder , a research fellow in Physics and Astronomy, is working on an analysis of past galaxies. In her spare time she runs Astroquizzical that serves as a space for anyone to submit questions about the Universe. My dad indulged my "why" questions when I was growing up. He would wake the whole family in the middle of the night to see lunar eclipses and meteor showers, and I ended up never outgrowing asking questions. I grew up in Florida during the era of the Space Shuttle , so NASA's crewed space explorations were a physical presence; if we ran outside 30 seconds after launch, we could watch the shuttle go up. Society would be in a better place if we were less fearful of looking ignorant in the face of knowledge.
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