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7552854 No.7552854 [Reply] [Original]

Can one be called a scientist if they're not actively working in their field?

Regards,
Unemployed STEM Graduate

>> No.7552868

>>7552854
You're not doing science experiments in your garage while starving your ass off and working odd jobs? then no, you're just a lazy prick who couldn't handle academia.

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7552895

>>7552868
>You're not doing science experiments in your garage while starving your ass off and working odd jobs?

Actually, I kind of am. Pic related.

>> No.7552897

>>7552854
I think it depends on what you've done so far.

If you're published and have done research I wouldn't have a problem calling you an unemployed scientist

>> No.7553428

>Day X: well-respected scientist actively employed in the field
>Day X+1: retired employee, no longer a scientist
... grow the fuck up /sci/, srsly pls

>> No.7553431

>>7552854
Only if you have a good publication record.

>> No.7553521

A teacher who doesn't teach is a former teacher.

>> No.7554374

>>7552895
is that marauana

>> No.7554461

If you have a BSc and don't work in stem, I'd call you an amateur scientist.

If you do or did, then just "scientist".

>> No.7554725

>>7554374
Chili peppers.

>> No.7555285

I was going to pursue academia until I read Economics in One Lesson. Since then I have shunned the idea.

>> No.7555358

>>7552854
Can computer "engineers" call themselves engineers?
Can engineering majors be called engineers?
I think you know the answer

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7555366

>>7552854
daily reminder

>> No.7555421

>>7552854
Inb4 OP isn't even from the S in STEM.

No, OP, your IT degree doesn't make you a scientist.

Why would you even want to be one anyway. It's all just dumb empirical shit. Priori truth in pure math is where it's at.

>> No.7557838

>>7552854
Of course. You know being a scientist is a title a little bit like nobility except from that it is not hereditary.

Regrettably not all will heed your call when you exclaim "Stand back! I am a scientist!".

>> No.7558019

>>7552897
>I think it depends on what you've done so far.

This.

If you're sitting around your mom's basement unable to get a job or get into grad school after undergrad, then you may be pushing it.

If you've worked for some years, have good experience and decent pubs, you can probably get away with it.

If you're a PhD or post-doc, that's a different conversation.