physics vs engineering

[BrokenBiker]

one of the engineers in work must be a physicist then...his most common phrase is 'that should work'...and my most common reply is 'i know it should, but it doesnt...'

 

[Henrik]

An engineer, a physicist and a mathematician are sitting in a train going through Wales. They pass a hill where there ia a black sheep. "Oh look" says the engineer "all the sheep in Wales are black".
The physicist says " you can't assume that, you can only say that some of the sheep in Wales are black"
The mathematician yawns and says "There is one hill in wales on which there is one sheep of which at least one side is black"

There is at least one hill in wales on which there is at last one sheep

 

[Maker]

An engineer, a physicist and a mathematician are sitting in a train going through Wales. They pass a hill where there ia a black sheep. "Oh look" says the engineer "all the sheep in Wales are black".
The physicist says " you can't assume that, you can only say that some of the sheep in Wales are black"
The mathematician yawns and says "There is one hill in wales on which there is one sheep of which at least one side is black"

Back to the original subject there is a lot of generalising going on e.g. if he's got a degree he can't possibly know how to use a lathe, If he's a mathematician he must be a pure theoretical geek, physicist only work on theories, engineers can't be well educated etc etc.

I once went to the NASA museum in Washington and saw the shuttle and it struck me how many people of all different skills and backgrounds must have worked together as a team to get a few people into fame.

There are an infinite number of sheep in all colours on an infinite number of hills...


In an infinite number of parallel universes.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

There are an infinite number of sheep in all colours on an infinite number of hills...


In an infinite number of parallel universes.

Ah, the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. Fascinating stuff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Many-worlds_interpretation