i'm an engineer, and i would be a bad terrorist..as in no good.

i talk too much.

That's a gift! Some of the most successful people I know are engineers with good social skills. The rock the world of high tech sales. They understand the technology and can explain the applications to customers. They can write their own ticket.

And a hygienic group as well.

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I was going to set you straight, but then I read this...
I'm glad that you understand that it's not that we are linear thinkers --nothing could be further from the truth-- but rather, engineers have to 'dumb things down' for those with simple memorization jobs. :cool:

Yeah, and scientists have to invent, theorize, then reduce stuff to practice so that engineers can understand and build it :D.

Quote: it's not that we are linear thinkers --nothing could be further from the truth-- but rather, engineers have to 'dumb things down' for those with simple memorization jobs.-end quote

So true and so annoying, especially when the other person is too dumb to know the material will never set in with them. Then it's the engineer's fault for being a bad teacher or dumbing it down too much that it offends the dummy.

Without having memorized principles of physics as taught by physicists, engineer's would have no bits of physics knowledge to line up (oops - that implies linear thinking :eek:) and make work to satisfy the demands from their employers. :cool:

What do you call an engineer who works for a physicist?

Humble. :D

Where was it again that you got a degree in engineering?

It's all just a bunch of sociology majors riding on the coat tails of us mechanical engineers so they can get a paper published. What else would they do with their degrees?

Speedy:)

You are a CIVIL engineer...

Cost effectively...

If an engineer isn't thinking about the bottom line, he's a scientist...

It is far far worse when an engineer tries to work with psycholocigal responses.

"But wait, the last time I gave roses to a girl she loved it, why didn't it work this time?"

Sometimes when I've sked questions to a doctors and dentists I've had very baffled looks.

Dentist "thinks" I have a tooth with a crack in it. I ask her to use a dye penetrant and UV light to verify the crack. She has NO IDEA what I'm talking about.

With a doctor, when we were discussing reversal of a tubal ligation, he described how he would be re-attaching the tubes. I asked if he would be keeping them together and holding them straight and open with a form, inserted up the tube. He had no idea what I meant, until I drew a diagram, showing it.

So, yeah, engineers and doctors have "issues" with each other. BUT, we both have a common enemy...the lawyer.

????:confused:

just dumbing it down

-- did she pick up what you were talking about eventually?

- maybe there is no such product (for teeth)?

I have a spreadsheet of all women I ever dated, with 10 categories, ranked from 1-10, ranging from attractiveness to wildness in the bedroom - all weighted for a final "compatibility" score (calculated automatically, of course).

Is that weird? ;)

How's that working for you?

You asked them to magnaflux your teeth?!:D

No dog in this fight but...What do engineers do? (Seeing if it can be answered) And don't cheat by looking at a dictionary!
I have never had an engineer be able to answer that question for me. Not even engineering students. If I was a professor it would be the first question asked to a new class. It would be the first question on every test. It would be the final thing I said to the students when they graduated.
8 simple words...

We provide comprehensive solutions to a wide range of technical problems.

Create/design a new product (that has a need) or make a current product better.