It is really funny (if it is true, of course), that your aptitude decides your career and hence your background and that in turn sets your attitude. And if it is so, one shouldn't worry at all, since your aptitude is god-given (at least, that is what they say) and so is your attitude (by induction). Whatever it may lead to..... for sure, it does affect your thinking .
When I put forward the proposal, of making a movie on my institute, in front of my friends, some three months back, everybody was happy and full of queries.
What will be the angle?.........the beloved C.A. (Commercial Artist)...........What are we suppose to show? Will it be campus and facilities at your institute? .......she is an architect.......who will bear the expenses? Logistics?? ........he is doing MBA..........Then there was one, most of what she said I couldn't understand.......she is into IT (and hence good at virtual thinking)........when asked the other, what she would like to do in particular, she didn't have a concrete answer for.........she is an M.Sc.-statistics student...........and the one, who had answer to every question (irrespective of its validity)........was me, a researcher
But, this was just the beginning. The real fun came, when we started developing on the script. Mr. CA wanted various corridors in the institute to represent the mental state of our main character, while he is passing through. Miss Architect wanted what is called walkthroughs of the character throughout the building. The main character was an animated mouse taking journey to the institute for lady IT. And, his highness MBA just said one word everytime: good (or) naah.
Finally we came up with a nice script....too nice to be realistic......but, that is what we call advertising.......OR, think of a script which appears closer to reality: our representative wakes up sometime around 1100 hrs and rushes to the canteen to see the closed board. frustrated with it, enters the lab. The first thing he does is telnet blah blah....next comes blogspot....next orkut.....finds a new masala......scraps for sometime.....then, with great satisfaction of being the smartest at the ongoing excitement there, turns to his experiment......a sudden jerk in the stomach comes exactly then: at 1230 hrs........a colonnade refreshment....followed by a departmental seminar, which brings a free cup of tea with some slices of cake......sea shore digressions, cricket ground, badminton court excursions.......dinner table....tv room/regal movies.....rajan canteen colloquiums......hostel gossips....and bed time! And some work meanwhile tondi lavayla. Sounds real...but, is the world out there prepared for this truth? Afterall, one's image is in your thinking...and they think we are doing great!
So, coming back to thinking....we are hopeful...Now, that we have covered most of the interesting sites here, interviewed for most of the characters in the script, visited many labs.....met many new people....perhaps, we will learn how various sub-groups among us, scientists, think differently!
What do you think?
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