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"Whenever I walk through the School of Physics & Astronomy I am reminded of Aspergers Syndrome" - Glasgow University Aerospace Engineering Professor

Face it, physicists are the losers or science whereas engineers are the jocks. Kiss our asses, geeks.

Pic related: my discipline made that.

>> No.2580454

>>2580441

Physicists- Sentient Fat waddling through life never knowing the caress of a woman
Engineers- Take thirty two cocks before lunch, also, spend their entire career designing a high speed valve for use on a laser design that was later canceled by the military
Biologists- Get laid and then study cells and shit, fuck yeah.

>> No.2580465

>>2580454
Microbiologist here, I support this post.

>> No.2580469

>>2580454
>Biologist

Get a real fucking degree, faggot. May as well study media - equally difficult.

>> No.2580466

>>2580454
>>Biologists- Get laid and then study cells and shit, fuck yeah.
Biologists are lucky scientists bc it's the only science field where there are chicks aplenty. Then again the prescence of chicks kinda lowers the quality of the field.

>> No.2580467

>Pic related: my discipline made that.

That was my primary issue when I was trying to decide whether I wanted to go into physics or engineering. With physics I'd be able to have a better understanding of the universe but I wouldn't be designing new shit like the space shuttle.

I eventually chose business so I can employ both of them. And yes, I'm fully prepared for the greentext shitstorm that will arise from my choice, but you need to learn to fight within the system.

>> No.2580489

>>2580454
>Biologists - get denied funding and then attempt to rediscover integration, but give up and play with their plants some more
FTFY

Computer scientists - stay in their offices all day working on programs that run the world

>> No.2580491

>>2580454
zoologist here,
physicists are cool. dont mess.

>> No.2580498

>>2580454
"cells and shit"
I guess if you like studying shit its cool, but i'd rather have moon get

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>>2580454
Yeah, completely accurate description of physicist....

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>>2580441
Are you trying to suggest that engineering isn't a zoo of asperger's syndrome, or that asperger's syndrom is deteremental to someone's ability to science? America's city with the highest asperger rate is Silicone Valey.

>> No.2580505

>>2580454
>Biologists - beg for 2 extra points on their quiz even when their answer for that question was wrong because THEY'RE GOING TO MED SCHOOL UNLIKE THAT FAILURE OF A PROFESSOR

>> No.2580508

>>2580454
I guess if you like studying shit all day thats cool but i'd rather have moon get

>> No.2580512

>>Thinks designing the space shuttle was actually science and contributed anything to human understanding.

It didn't. It was an impressive application of already well understood technology and concepts that is little more than a vessel to haul the experiments of real scientists [biologists, physicists and chemists] into space. Face it, few engineers do science or even seem to understand what it is.

>> No.2580515

Op is a fag

>> No.2580521

>>2580512

>few engineers do science

Mainly because the two aren't the same? Engineers take the science and make it USEFUL. They are the ones actually advancing our society.

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2580522

>Hurrdurr my study is the best cause fuck you

>> No.2580527

>>2580521
OP is the one saying engineers rock at science, not I.

>> No.2580536

>>2580512
Of course engineers don't do science, they just figure out how to apply what scientists discover and make tools so scientists can discover more things.

>> No.2580541

>>2580536
See >>2580527

>> No.2580544

>>2580521
Your own post points out scientists are just as important. Besides are there engineers so pathetic they have to talk about how awesome they are on the internet to feel better than scientists?

>> No.2580559

Business engineering here, enjoy working for me.

>> No.2580564

>>2580512
>well understood technology
NOPE. Well understood physics? Well understood science? Yes. Definitely. But not in any way well understood technology. When the Shuttle was designed it was a completely unproven concept, and throughout its life it's always been an experimental air and spacecraft that has never left the prototyping stages.

Also, the majority of astronauts are engineers. Of the 12 people who walked on the moon, 11 were engineers, and 1 was a geologist (which is nearly engineering, if we're honest).

>> No.2580573

I swear to god half the posts I make on this board are having to call people retarded for drawing a black and white line between scientists and engineers.

>> No.2580580

>>2580544
>>2580522
>implying OP is an engineer
>implying real engineers don't appreciate scientists
>implying he's not just trolling you

>> No.2580593

>>2580454

Yeah, Biologists! I'm so glad that after 4 years, I can either take out more loans for grad school (because nobody funds Masters' anymore), or I can earn almost $35k as a lab tech!

Actually, I'll just stick with being an engineer. I worked on this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZoKbnTycwc
and my bio friend "homogenizes" pigs with an industrial blender so he can extract hormones.

>> No.2580614

>>2580580

OP here...

I AM an engineer (M.S Aerospace Engineering)....maybe trollin' a little.


Just a little.

>> No.2580623

>>2580564
>>But not in any way well understood technology
What new technology was there? The thing as a whole could count as a new piece of technology, but it was built of well understood computing, material, rocket, etc. technology applied towards an excessively complicated goal.

>>Also, the majority of astronauts are engineers
I would expect them to be.

>> No.2580635

>implying engineers are little more than human xerox machines

gg fagets

>> No.2580657

>>2580614
Future aero engineer here, how hard is it to get a job and what kind of pay should I expect?

>> No.2580662

engineer here. if a prof of mine said shit like that i'd call him on it. mostly because i hate teachers that try and be funny with their students to ingratiate themselves. but partly because it's not even accurate

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>>2580657
>>2580657

Depends where you are. If you're in Europe or USA, it shouldn't be that difficult.

Pic explains pay...

>> No.2580680

>>2580661
Okay, thanks. :) Im assuming blue is max and grey is min?

>> No.2580683

>>2580662

To be fair, he was a dick of a professor. And yeah, his jokes were terrible.

>> No.2580699

>>2580680
>>2580680
grey is starting blue is after gaining experience in the feild

>> No.2580708

itt: engineers who think they're going to be employed when they get out of school. lol.

>> No.2580710

>>2580699
that sounds about right

too bad it seems like no one is hiring entry level aerospace engineers right now.

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2580752

>Mfw when most of the bad ass comtemporary scientist were phycist/astronomers

>Feynman
>Carl sagan
>Einstien
>etc etc

>> No.2580764

>>2580662

He's Scottish - they tend to be sardonic in such a way that no other nationalities get.

>> No.2580876

"whenever I browse /sci/ I am reminded of lifelong virginity"-/int/ernational relations major

>> No.2580996

Chemists ftw, you know it to be true

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2581092

physics creations/discoveries: nukes, black holes, tesla coil, ac/dc, rail gun, magnetics, magnetic accelerators, electromagnetism, lasers, microwaves, x rays, gamma rays, radio, tv, fiber optics, the internet, integrated circuit, vacume tube, quantum mechanics, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, kinematics, the electron, computers, the web, and the list goes on.

Engineering makes: airplanes, cars, jets, spaceships... o wait all of the things engineers make involve physics... and most are used as vessels for other greater sciences

as for the aspergers thing... the only reason we seem so lame is because we are actually calculating the expansion of the universe based on its current expansion rate or some other thing involving physics. so we are guilty of seemly having aspergers syndrome while we multi task...

>> No.2581124

>>2580466
>Biologists are lucky scientists bc it's the only science field where there are chicks aplenty. Then again the prescence of chicks kinda lowers the quality of the field.


This. A thousand times this.

>> No.2581152

>>2580441
Does anyone even know a famous engineer? LMFAO

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>>2580441
Engineering pride!

>> No.2581183

As an engineer, I'm sure that you were likely once a loser. To hate the losers of science is to be a hypocrite.

>> No.2581185

My discipline made your discipline.

>> No.2581186

>>2580996
brofist, let's figure some real shit out

>> No.2581188

>>2580454
Mathematician: Aww...

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>>2580441
There are tons of physics groupies at the top level of physics, shit is awesome! They treat you like a rock star.

Nothing better then fucking young asian girls!

>> No.2581227

I know an engineer who is dumber than fuck in general and seriously lacks common sense. Eventually, everyone wants to punch him in the face for being a social retard as well.

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>>2581203

>> No.2581329

I am an engineer with a double degree in aerospace and ee, i am a nerd but im also not a loser. im pretty awesome, but i do resent you using the word geek to describe physicists. why you ask? RIchard Feynman. qed

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>>2580441
>>2580441
>>2580441

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>implying that engineers and scientists don't work in symbiosis
>implying that engineers don't use scientific method to refine their designs.

we may not discover new, groundbreaking basics, but they still contribute to technological progress by optimizing and adapting findings into real-world applications.

That laser thing? Nice toy to study quantum-mechanics. And now you find it in every DVD player, fiber optic lines, anti-missle-rayguns etc.

engineering = applied science.

>> No.2581524

>>2580454

>implying biology isn't simply the reverse engineering of natural systems

Congratulations, you're engineers that don't even make anything.

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where does biotech fit into this observation exactly? Not that I give a fuck.