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ode_to_joy said:Why don't you conduct an experiment? Pick arbitrary mathematicians and assign an engineering project and pick arbitrary engineers to make them understand Riemann's Hypothesis? Now, statiscally speaking, engineers usually end up with a Bachelor's Degree where phD is a minimum requirement for a mathematician.
I am not saying that mathematicians are inherently smarter. If engineers go through extensive graduate school course work, they will reach or even higher level of intelligence. But if you arbitrarly pick an engineer and a mathematician, chances are, the mathematican is smarter than the engineer.
Also, it is not right to condscend a certain group of people because they are intellectually inferior. How is it different from racism, sexism, or classism? I still do believe that statiscally mathematicians are smarter, but I never express it.
Oh please, this is the most biased opinion I read today. Firstly, I would be interested in that experiment. I don't think many engineers would have difficulty with abstract mathematics, and certainly not with the Riemann hypothesis.
Engineers and mathematicians are people who are very alike. Engineers just like applied problems and mathematicians don't. You're not seriously claiming that liking applied problems makes you dumber?
Engineers have a really difficult study. They must understand the theory and the applications. Mathematicians just have a theory they study. So the engineers have the harder studies (in my opinion).
So instead of starting to insult all engineers and call them dumb, why not provide proof for your statements?? Because proof is what a scientist must base himself on.