What qualities do you think are needed to solve a scientific problem? The ability to ask the right question is very important (not all questions can be answered with the available technology). Perseverance and determination because, at first, the experiments may not work for technical reasons and much fine-tuning of the equipment or experimental design may be needed. Furthermore, all experiments must be repeated several times. Lateral thinking is useful when a straightforward solution to the problem is not obvious. The ability to admit that the scientific evidence shows that your pet idea is wrong and someone else’s idea is right is also important. Today, much science is done in teams, so the ability to work in a team is also helpful.
