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daric soldar
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Engineers the "Oompah Loompahs of Science"?
Has anyone seen "The Big Bang Theory" episode where Sheldon basically loses his job, so he follows his other friends and tries to help them out with their work?
When he goes to Howard's lab with the other engineers, he refers to them as "Oompah Loompahs of Science." Although hilarious, I thought I'd like to get other people's opinions on this.
Did he say that because, perhaps, some scientists consider engineers either incapable of becoming scientists, or "sell-outs" because there are more jobs in engineering than in pure scientific pursuits?
Or are engineers simply "applied scientists" and we should chalk this discussion up to Sheldon being a so-and-so? ;)
I'm just curious what people thought about this line and why he said it.
- Matt
Has anyone seen "The Big Bang Theory" episode where Sheldon basically loses his job, so he follows his other friends and tries to help them out with their work?
When he goes to Howard's lab with the other engineers, he refers to them as "Oompah Loompahs of Science." Although hilarious, I thought I'd like to get other people's opinions on this.
Did he say that because, perhaps, some scientists consider engineers either incapable of becoming scientists, or "sell-outs" because there are more jobs in engineering than in pure scientific pursuits?
Or are engineers simply "applied scientists" and we should chalk this discussion up to Sheldon being a so-and-so? ;)
I'm just curious what people thought about this line and why he said it.
- Matt