Craig writes: “I’m a bioengineering undergrad and am currently interviewing for medical schools (MD/PhD programs). I got this tattoo of a resistor on my wrist, somewhat on a whim. I’ll always be a science geek at heart, however I truly desire to go into medicine in order to help people. The resistor is a sort of reminder to me to ‘resist’ any temptation of money, power, or anything else in order to do good science and to help others.”
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"Celebrated curiosity monger"
Carl Zimmer writes about science regularly for the New York Times and magazines such as Discover, where he is a contributing editor and columnist.
He is the author of twelve books, the most recent of which is Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed. His website is carlzimmer.com and his address is blog at carlzimmer dot com .
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January 21st, 2009 at 4:01 pm
I like the “resist” tattoo. Its simple, creative and thoughtful.
Your decision to go into medicine brings up an interesting question. How much of a personal statement do you think physicians should make in their appearance? What if a certain haircut or tattoo makes a clear personal statement, but would be off-putting to certain client groups? Should that be considered?
January 22nd, 2009 at 4:46 pm
This reminds me of Bastard Operator From Hell motto. I know what I have to “resist” in my thankless job! Sorry, I dish out humor darkly that way.
If I ever get a tattoo, I might get something like a line of “perforation marks” across the back of my head with “press here to open” instructions!
March 21st, 2009 at 4:58 am
[...] Resister tattoo on wrist to help stay away from temptation, except the urge for nerd ink. [...]