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Evidence-based psychology. Evolutionary psychology

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  A comment on Conversation: How can a talented teenager prepare himself for a scientific career? What do you scientists recommend? (Personal experiences, please).

  Jun 2 2011: We would like to thank everyone for your interesting and diverse answers. We have already started to implement some of your suggestions.
  
  Sigal and Alon

• A reply on Conversation: How can a talented teenager prepare himself for a scientific career? What do you scientists recommend? (Personal experiences, please).

  May 25 2011: Alon: Science works because a law was found that fitted all of the examples that were thought of in that context. Or it was proven that the law would work in any other example.

• A reply on Conversation: How can a talented teenager prepare himself for a scientific career? What do you scientists recommend? (Personal experiences, please).

  May 25 2011: Alon: Thanks. I will look it up later.

• A reply on Conversation: How can a talented teenager prepare himself for a scientific career? What do you scientists recommend? (Personal experiences, please).

  May 25 2011: We agree, thanks/

• A reply on Conversation: How can a talented teenager prepare himself for a scientific career? What do you scientists recommend? (Personal experiences, please).

  May 25 2011: Good advice, thanks!

• A reply on Conversation: How can a talented teenager prepare himself for a scientific career? What do you scientists recommend? (Personal experiences, please).

  May 25 2011: Thanks!

• A reply on Conversation: How can a talented teenager prepare himself for a scientific career? What do you scientists recommend? (Personal experiences, please).

  May 25 2011: Alon: Thank you. Can you write some more about the connection of engineering and science? These are two fields that interest me.
  Sigal: He didn't like the comment about writing...

• A reply on Conversation: How can a talented teenager prepare himself for a scientific career? What do you scientists recommend? (Personal experiences, please).

  May 25 2011: Sigal and Alon: we totally agree with your last observation
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  A reply on Conversation: How can a talented teenager prepare himself for a scientific career? What do you scientists recommend? (Personal experiences, please).

  May 25 2011: Sigal: I just finished translating a TED talk to Hebrew. It had a nice saying:
  Education should work by pull, not by push.
  http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/charles_leadbeater_on_education.html

• A reply on Conversation: How can a talented teenager prepare himself for a scientific career? What do you scientists recommend? (Personal experiences, please).

  May 25 2011: Sigal: Great input, thanks. I did an internship in a genetics lab, and although I enjoyed it, it made me realize that as much as I like the field, I don't want to work in a lab.