Question: Why should I vote for you?

Steve Marsden answered on 5 Mar 2016:

We’re very early on in the competition, and I think all the scientists here are doing an excellent job of providing answers to the questions, so there’s probably not much discriminating us at this stage. If you particularly like one of my answers, or think I give consistently good replies, then I’d be very happy to accept your vote.

If you’re still unsure, then I’d recommend looking at the projects we would fund if we were to win. If you vote for me, then you could help to fund a youtube channel which interviews scientists about their current research. I think this is quite an interesting thing to do, because when I was at school I was taught mainly about experiments that were originally performed hundreds of years ago. That’s certainly necessary for a good knowledge of modern science, but I had no idea what research was currently being performed.

The groundwork for this project is already in place (http://www.rubberduckresearch.com/), but we’re missing a few bits of equipment, such as microphones. The prize money would complete the project’s budget, and allow the first interviews to be uploaded by mid summer this year.