Questions-What is role of scientists in reputation lessonAnswer-Scientists play quite a number of roles. One of the roles of a scientist is to admit when a question is too hard to answer. Scientists have played so many roles, good and bad, that we can't single out one or even pretend to give a complete list. We can try to give a bit of an idea. Scientists play quite a number of roles. One of the roles of a scientist is to admit when a question is too hard to answer. Scientists have played so many roles, good and bad, that we can't single out one or even pretend to give a complete list. We can try to give a bit of an idea. Many of us FEEL that the most special single trait of a scientist is a CURIOSITY intense enough to make one keep questioning one's beliefs and testing them to see if they fit with actual observations. Since no one person can carry that process too far, scientists also need to work TOGETHER. That requires trusting each other a good deal, but skeptically. We have to build on what PREVIOUS generations of scientists have found out, without simply accepting it as the CERTAIN truth.