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That's a really charming synonym for 'scientist'
by jimcsharp 12y ago
That's a really charming synonym for 'scientist'
- raverbashing 12y agoThe theorists disagree with you, and I'm sure they have a long paper with lots of equations explaining why. (it's a joke)
- Steuard 12y agoWhat, "experimentalist"? That's not a synonym for "scientist", it's a subset. At least in physics, the main categories are "experimentalist" and "theorist". You'll sometimes find intermediate categories like "phenomenologist" (people who apply basic theory to make detailed predictions for experimental measurements) or "computational(-ist?)" (people who measure experimental-style results from simulations of basic theory).
- kaybe 12y agoI think we should add a third category, 'modeller', as in someone who runs experiments in silica. It's not really an experiment, and it's not really just theory.
- Steuard 12y agoAssuming I understand you, that's what I was getting at with "computational" scientists as a separate or intermediate category.
- pdpi 12y agoNot quite. Scientists also come in the Theoretician variety.