Psychology Professor Henry Wellman always had a hunch that little kids weren’t just blank slates that adults could mold into copies of their grown selves—even very young kids create their own theories about the world based on evidence they collect, like little scientists.

But after 40 years of interacting with kids in classrooms and the lab, Wellman has learned what might be closer to the truth: that scientists act like big kids.

Subscribe to the How to Science podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play Music, or wherever else you listen to podasts. And if you’ve been thinking about leaving a five-star review . . . Do it!

View the full Henry Wellman episode transcript.

Hang out with other science-minded folks at the How to Science Facebook group.

Visit the How to Science homepage for more podcast episodes.