Engineers are more likely to be terrorists
 

I know that we have a few engineers on the board. You might want to monitor your peers closely.
Why do so many terrorists have engineering degrees? - By Benjamin Popper - Slate Magazine

You don't want to piss-off Engineers. Seriously.

Mechanical engineers design the physical world stuff, so yeah, of course we know the quickest path to make it fail.

What is the difference between Mechanical Engineers and Civil Engineers? Mechanical Engineers build weapon systems, Civil Engineers build targets.

Actually, this is true for all engineers. Mech engineers are usually the most well rounded in their training. I expect a Civil Engineer would know better/quicker how to take down a bridge than I would. It doesn't mean I can't sit down and figure it out.

The same is true with electronic/electrical circuits. I Let the sparkies deal with those, but I can sit down and rough it out if nesessary.

Humans are more likely to be terrorists. I know that we have a few humans on the board. You might want to monitor your peers closely.

Engineers are always so PROUD of themselves, when it's physicists that allow them to do ANYTHING...

;)

And you point is what?

;)

If it wasn't for physicists, there would be no planes, no explosives, no nuclear arms race...

In other words, WE get to take all of the credit for everything, good and bad :p

The Wright Brothers were Physicists?
... 80 years after the Wrights, Physicists were saying that it is impossible for bees to fly. hmmm....

...fireworks were invented by physicists?

"so PROUD of themselves" you say? :cool:

Can you feel the thread segueing?

Hmmm...took a physicists to realize that there was an issue, and then to solve it. Same way they solved the human eye (not the biologists...) abd the same way that they solved energy transfer via chlorophyll (again...not the biologists...). Oh, and don't forget protein wrapping...as well as EVERYTHING ELSE!!! :D

No...fireworks were invested by M.E.s in China, obviously. They got their degrees in the US then took the technology back with them. Duh!

How could I think such a thing?

By questioning my fellow engineers, you are first on my jihad list.:cool:

uuuuhhhmmm . ... ya forgot the green text.

And about those Wrights ...

Without engineers, none of you guys' ideas would get off the drawing board. Physicists can't design worth a crap. :D

But they can inform the designers/engineers how deep to dig the outhouse to avoid being splashed with same. :p

Whoa, I had no idea a pissing match between physicists and engineers would break out when I posted the link. Quite entertaining.
Who makes the best terrorist?
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Religious folk. all terrorists are inspired by religion.

So there is a synergystic effect when you add an engineering degree ? Like crazy to the second power ? :D

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.

Chemists can make pretty good terrorists too. Or drug makers.

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.