‘‘Screw-ups’’ 101
People fear the unknown: I now know what it’s like to have a
pounding heart and a dry mouth, waiting those three, four, or
five days until I get a blood test back. As the day approached, I
would get more and more frightened and apprehensive. And I’m a
doctor, a scientist! But I’m also just a scared patient.
Here, Charles identified differences between his dual conflicting roles:
scientists are not supposed to be afraid. Yet he simultaneously occupied
roles as biomedically