What do you think are the most important qualities for a scientist to possess?

Question: What do you think are the most important qualities for a scientist to possess?
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  quality,
  work
Asked by yawn42cup to Sudhin, Sergio, Katie, Frances, Diarmuid, Aoife on 19 Nov 2019.
- Katie Fala answered on 19 Nov 2019:
  
  Curiosity for finding out how things work, humility for being able to admit mistakes and when your theory isn’t supported by the evidence, perseverance for keeping going even when things seem impossible

Question: What do you think are the most important qualities for a scientist to possess?