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.
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
an enginear
What if I took statics but swapped thermo for emag theory? I feel like that’s pretty even.
Hey, don’t knock the Sandwich Engineers at Subway. They do the Lord’s work
Most mad scientists are actually mad engineers.
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?
“Theory engineers” would be precise and correct.
Not at all. People (engineers?) seem to forget that experimental physicists exist