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What, "experimentalist"? That's not a synonym for "scientist", it's a subset. At least in physics, the main categories are "experimentalist" and "theorist". Yo
by Steuard 12y ago
What, "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.