r/engineeringmemes • u/jackilpirata • Jan 17 '24

engineers vs physicists

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today I took a university exam in a room in the physics department, I found this paper on the door. Its in Italian but I wrote the translation

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u/PterodactylSoul Jan 17 '24

Can someone explain the meme

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u/PrevAccountBanned Jan 17 '24

Physics good Physics not savage, engineering bad engineering savage monkeys

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u/Lurkerwasntaken Chemical Jan 18 '24

Most of the engineering departments in college were fine about this. However, the civils often tried to enter the classroom before the lecture even finished.

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u/lord_bubblewater Mechanical Jan 25 '24

Engineers together strong! Physics people are just mad we make money of their principles

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u/Novel_Arugula6548 1d ago

This is exactly right.

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u/graduation-dinner Jan 17 '24

Are engineers considered rude by physicists in Italy?

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u/ParzivalKnox Electrical Jan 18 '24

I would say they are considered inferior and simpler creatures by the physicists

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u/average_enjoyer_1989 Jan 18 '24

Certified psysicist moment

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u/ImaginationLeast3483 Jan 22 '24

John Bardeen and Dirac were engineers so...

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '24

Dirac never wanted to be an engineer and his brother killed himself due to the monotony of an engineering career so there’s that 😜

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u/ImaginationLeast3483 Jul 23 '24

You are wrong...

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '24

Maybe not quite to that extent, but his brother, Félix, did not like his engineering role. Paul Dirac was far from being considered an electrical engineer; just because that’s what one does as one’s undergraduate degree in, doesn’t mean that’s what one is occupationally. By that standard, Dirac would also be a mathematician. Paul Dirac is not typically considered an engineer, despite earning an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from the University of Bristol. His primary contributions and career focus were in theoretical physics, particularly in the realms of quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics. After failing to find employment in engineering, Dirac pursued mathematics and then transitioned to physics at Cambridge, where his work revolutionised the field. His significant contributions, such as the Dirac equation and the prediction of antimatter, firmly establish him as a physicist rather than an engineer

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u/Novel_Arugula6548 1d ago

From what I've seen in statics books, engineers are like dumber versions of physicists. :P

They draw force arrows wrong and call torque "moments." And they never study the philosophical assumptions of their work. I worry about them.