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[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 65 points 1 year ago (2 children)

physics majors when they're asked to apply their knowledge (they've never been outside of the lab)

[–] wizzor@sopuli.xyz 65 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They can design the chicken coop, but only for spherical chickens in a vacuum.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Built from ideal materials with zero tolerance

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Just like the Tesla Truck!

Though lack of both physics and engineering is on display there.

[–] AntEater@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

It also fails from the arts and sociology perspectives.

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[–] Zorque@kbin.social 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is the date a perfect sphere in a vacuum with no friction?

[–] Elektrotechnik@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

Aww, he doesn't understand physics and has a small dick? :(

[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ask a ~~physician~~ physicist to build a bridge, it collapse but he knows exactly how and why it collapsed.

Ask an engineer to do it, it holds but he has no idea how it's holding together.

[–] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Her: "No I meant I'm a software engineer."

Him: "Oh. I also hate myself and want to die."

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

"Can I lick the science?"

"Nothing else has made the code work so ya might as well!"

[–] NeuronautML@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What's the first indicator a scientist tried to build their own experiment using the soldering station ?

The smell of burnt fingers.

What's the scientist waiting for sitting in front of their own experiment ?

Waiting for the infinite loop they coded to finish after they claimed they didn't need the engineer's help to write the code in their experiment.

How many scientists do you need to change a light bulb ?

Theoretically just one, but it can take several until one of them can call an engineer and admit they only know how to change light bulbs theoretically.

What does a scientist call an electrolytic capacitor ?

Acid distribution subsystem.

[–] user1234@lemmynsfw.com 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Engineering is just physics with real numbers.

[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who said she's a mechanical engineer?

[–] SolarMech@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

IIRC they all learn some physics at engineering school. Even the software engineers.

[–] I_am_10_squirrels 1 points 1 year ago

I did chemical engineering because it only required two physics courses.

And because I like chemistry.

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[–] Darkonion@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

Engineering is more like accounting, but for objects instead of money. Tables, rule books, and lobbyists.

[–] tslnox@reddthat.com 7 points 1 year ago
[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey we understand plenty! Well the parts we have to to make the thing not go boom anyways....

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait, things aren't supposed to go boom ?

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

I'm Torgue and I'm here to ask you one question and one question only: Explosions?