What is the essence of the inner voice? The projects that a particular researcher finds interesting are an expression of a personal filter, a way of perceiving the world. This filter is associated with a set of values: the beliefs of what is good, beautiful, and true versus what is bad, ugly, and false. Our unique filter is what we bring to the table as scientists. A multiplicity in styles and questions, based on the uniqueness of scientists, is the basis of a viable and creative science.
How To Choose a Good Scientific Problem Uri Alon1,* 1Department Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel *Correspondence: urialon@weizmann.ac.il DOI 10.1016/j.molcel.2009.09.013