Engineers are more likely to be terrorists - Page 2

vash · vash's Garage

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

i talk too much.

Moses · 12-30-2009, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by vash

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.

DARISC · 12-30-2009, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Moses

A lot of my friends are engineers. Frightfully bright group of people.

And a hygienic group as well.

island911 · 12-30-2009, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Moses

I love attempting to explain medical issues to engineers. They are rigid, linear thinkers.....

I was going to set you straight, but then I read this...

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Originally Posted by Moses

... with good social skills. The rock the world of high tech sales. They understand the technology and can explain the applications to customers. ....

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.

Aurel · Aurel's Garage

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Originally Posted by island911

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.

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

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MotoSook · 06:42 PM

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.

DARISC · 12-30-2009, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by island911

...engineers have to 'dumb things down' for those with simple memorization jobs.

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

) and make work to satisfy the demands from their employers.

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

Humble.

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

speedracing944 · speedracing944's Garage

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

red-beard · red-beard's Garage

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Originally Posted by vash

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

i talk too much.

You are a CIVIL engineer...

red-beard · red-beard's Garage

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Originally Posted by Aurel

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

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Cost effectively...

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

red-beard · red-beard's Garage

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Originally Posted by Moses

I love attempting to explain medical issues to engineers. They are rigid, linear thinkers. The extraordinary variability of human physiologic response baffles and frustrates them.

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.

RWebb · RWebb's Garage

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Originally Posted by Moses

...engineers with good social skills. ...

????

RWebb · RWebb's Garage

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Originally Posted by Soukus

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engineer

bad teacher

offends

dummy

just dumbing it down

RWebb · RWebb's Garage

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Originally Posted by red-beard

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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.

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

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

serge944 · serge944's Garage

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Originally Posted by Moses

I love attempting to explain medical issues to engineers. They are rigid, linear thinkers. The extraordinary variability of human physiologic response baffles and frustrates them.

I cracked up when Mike posted that he had charts and graphs documenting his infants bowel habits. Priceless!

A lot of my friends are engineers. Frightfully bright group of people.

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?

red-beard · red-beard's Garage

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Originally Posted by serge944

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?

onewhippedpuppy · 12-31-2009, 03:56 AM

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Originally Posted by red-beard

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.

You asked them to magnaflux your teeth?!

Buckterrier · 12-31-2009, 04:45 AM

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...

MotoSook · 12-31-2009, 05:17 AM

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

DavidB911 · 12-31-2009, 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Buckterrier

No dog in this fight but...What do engineers do?

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