As a biologist, I’m always extremely frustrated at how parts of the general public believe they can just ignore our entire field of study and pretend their common sense and Google is equivalent to our work.“race is a biological fact!”,“RNA vaccines will change your cells!”,“gender is a biological fact!” and I was about to comment how other natural sciences have it good… But thinking about it, everyone suddenly thinks they’re a gravity and quantum physics expert, and I’m sure chemists must also see some crazy shit online, so at the end of the day, everyone must be very frustrated.
The one this poster was referring to was everyone suddenly becoming an armchair expert on how bridges should be able to withstand being hit by ships.
In general, you can ask any asshole on the internet (or in real life!) and they’ll be just brimming with ideas on how they can design roads better than the people who actually design roads. Typically those ideas usually just boil down to,“Everyone should get out of my way and I have right of way all the time,” though…
No one designs roads. They put numbers in a spreadsheet and have useless meetings. I keep seeing huge fuckups that people with a PE are making.
Longer I work in infrastructure the more I don’t much care for or respect civil “engineers”. I got a system coming out now and the civil “engineer” has insisted on so many bad ideas that I am writing in the manual dire warnings that boil down to “if you use this machine there is no warranty and pray to whatever God you believe in”
It’s a fixable problem but we aren’t going to fix it.
Image for a moment how we Computer Scientists feel. We invented the most brilliant tools humanity has ever conceived of, bringing the entire world to nearly anyone’s fingertips — and people use it to design and perpetuate pathetic brain-rot garbage like Gab.ai and anti-science conspiracy theories.
Ah at least you benefit from the veneer of being in the natural sciences. Don’t mention you’re a social scientist, then people straight up believe there is no science and social scientists just exchange anecdotes about social behaviour. The STEM fetishisation is ubiquitous.
I like the people who say “man” = XY and “woman” = XX. I tell them birds have Z and W sex chromosomes instead of X and Y and ask them what we should call bird genders.
As a biologist, I’m always extremely frustrated at how parts of the general public believe they can just ignore our entire field of study and pretend their common sense and Google is equivalent to our work. “race is a biological fact!”, “RNA vaccines will change your cells!”, “gender is a biological fact!” and I was about to comment how other natural sciences have it good… But thinking about it, everyone suddenly thinks they’re a gravity and quantum physics expert, and I’m sure chemists must also see some crazy shit online, so at the end of the day, everyone must be very frustrated.
Don’t forget how everyone was a civil engineer last week.
Internet comments become a lot more bearable if you imagine a preface before all of them that reads “As a random dumbass on the internet,”
As a random dumbass on the Internet -
Even for comments I agree with, this is a solid suggestion.
I’ll just create a new user with that name to save time
Then give us the password so we can all use it
hunter2
All I see is *******
Need Lemmy Enhancement Suite with this feature
What are you referring to? I feel out of the loop
The bridge in Baltimore collapsing after its pier was hit by a cargo ship.
Ah right of course, thanks
A bridge in America collapsed after a cargo ship crashed into it.
I didn’t see any of this since I pretty much only use Lemmy. What are some good examples of all these civil engineer “experts”?
The one this poster was referring to was everyone suddenly becoming an armchair expert on how bridges should be able to withstand being hit by ships.
In general, you can ask any asshole on the internet (or in real life!) and they’ll be just brimming with ideas on how they can design roads better than the people who actually design roads. Typically those ideas usually just boil down to, “Everyone should get out of my way and I have right of way all the time,” though…
Or maybe, more specifically, how the Reich wing was blaming it on “DEI”
No one designs roads. They put numbers in a spreadsheet and have useless meetings. I keep seeing huge fuckups that people with a PE are making.
Longer I work in infrastructure the more I don’t much care for or respect civil “engineers”. I got a system coming out now and the civil “engineer” has insisted on so many bad ideas that I am writing in the manual dire warnings that boil down to “if you use this machine there is no warranty and pray to whatever God you believe in”
It’s a fixable problem but we aren’t going to fix it.
Image for a moment how we Computer Scientists feel. We invented the most brilliant tools humanity has ever conceived of, bringing the entire world to nearly anyone’s fingertips — and people use it to design and perpetuate pathetic brain-rot garbage like Gab.ai and anti-science conspiracy theories.
Fucking Eternal September…
Anytime a chemist hears the word “chemicals” they lose a week of their lives
Whenever I see someone say they “did the research” I just automatically assume they meant they watched Rumble while taking a shit.
Ah at least you benefit from the veneer of being in the natural sciences. Don’t mention you’re a social scientist, then people straight up believe there is no science and social scientists just exchange anecdotes about social behaviour. The STEM fetishisation is ubiquitous.
I like the people who say “man” = XY and “woman” = XX. I tell them birds have Z and W sex chromosomes instead of X and Y and ask them what we should call bird genders.
If you want to feel bad for every field, watch the “Why do people laugh at Spirit Science” series by Martymer 18 on youtube.