fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 11 months agoWe don't judge here. :)mander.xyzimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1877arrow-down141
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minus-squareBastingChemina@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down2·11 months agoAsk a physician to build a bridge, it collapse but he knows exactly how and why it collapsed. Ask an engineer to do it, it holds but he has no idea how it’s holding together.
minus-squareHobo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·11 months agoI think the word you’re looking for is physicist. A physician is a medical doctor (as in a person that treats sick people). A physicist is a person that studies physics (as in a person that knows how to solve word problems involving pool tables).
minus-squareoce 🐆@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·11 months agoIt’s a classic French speaker mistake because physicist is “physicien” and physician is “médecin”, very different.
Ask a physician to build a bridge, it collapse but he knows exactly how and why it collapsed.
Ask an engineer to do it, it holds but he has no idea how it’s holding together.
I think the word you’re looking for is physicist. A physician is a medical doctor (as in a person that treats sick people). A physicist is a person that studies physics (as in a person that knows how to solve word problems involving pool tables).
It’s a classic French speaker mistake because physicist is “physicien” and physician is “médecin”, very different.
(And Russian)