Doing research, I used to work with mathematicians, engineers AND physicists on a daily basis for years. Physicists were the least fun. Most of them seemed to think of themselves as a sort of Jesuits of Science. As in: “I just figured this out, and already it’s set in stone, why do you even argue with me?” Mathematicians and engineers were a lot humbler, more down-to-earth. Also, some of them were astonishingly edgy in a very positive way.
There are different kinds of physics researchers and it doesn’t look like what physics lessons show in university, which is mostly theory. Most are not theoricians, they work on experiments and analyze results, they design and build instruments similarly to engineers. It seems the main difference is the kind of question they want to answer to: scientific question vs client need.
My engineering friends and me propose that physicists should be referred to as theoretical engineers.
Most mad scientists are actually mad engineers.
As someone with an engineering degree and a science degree, scientists are absolutely nothing like engineers.
Doing research, I used to work with mathematicians, engineers AND physicists on a daily basis for years. Physicists were the least fun. Most of them seemed to think of themselves as a sort of Jesuits of Science. As in: “I just figured this out, and already it’s set in stone, why do you even argue with me?” Mathematicians and engineers were a lot humbler, more down-to-earth. Also, some of them were astonishingly edgy in a very positive way.
I’ve heard applied mathematics used for us physicists but that one’s new, nice
There are different kinds of physics researchers and it doesn’t look like what physics lessons show in university, which is mostly theory. Most are not theoricians, they work on experiments and analyze results, they design and build instruments similarly to engineers. It seems the main difference is the kind of question they want to answer to: scientific question vs client need.
What of experimental physicists?
I propose engineers not be allowed to name things. Not everything needs to be an “engineer”
What are you, an engineer engineer?
Now hiring for an Engineer². Don’t apply if you dont have 20+ years experience with LLMs
We aren’t the ones who did that. You need to have taken statics and thermo otherwise you’re just a sparkling tradesperson
“Theory engineers” would be precise and correct.
Not at all. People (engineers?) seem to forget that experimental physicists exist