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Training versus Education

Alphathree33

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I stumbled on a few little graphs and I thought that they were a neat way of classifying some things.

(I'm sure all of you disagree, but if you could avoid the posts like "YOUR POINT IS???" I'd appreciate it :)

<---------------- Education
Scientist | Engineer | Technician
Training ---------------->

<---------------- Learning To Think
Scientist | Engineer | Technician
Learning To Do ---------------->

<---------------- Weak Theory
Scientist | Engineer | Technician
Strong Theory ---------------->
 

joohang

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<---------------- Education
Scientist | Engineer | Technician
Training ---------------->
Needs a clear definition. Education in the sense of pure studying, I find that engineers study more than "scientists."

<---------------- Learning To Think
Scientist | Engineer | Technician
Learning To Do ---------------->
I don't agree with this. Perhaps a slightly more accurate way to say it would be "Spends more time thinking" and "Spends more time doing".

<---------------- Weak Theory
Scientist | Engineer | Technician
Strong Theory ---------------->
Scientists have weak theory? ;) :p
 

crystal

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<---------------- Weak Theory
Scientist | Engineer | Technician
Strong Theory ---------------->

Shouldn't that be other way around?
 

ggavinmoss

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Originally posted by: crystal
<---------------- Weak Theory
Scientist | Engineer | Technician
Strong Theory ---------------->

Shouldn't that be other way around?

Um... yeah...

-geoff

 

Alphathree33

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Originally posted by: crystal
<---------------- Weak Theory
Scientist | Engineer | Technician
Strong Theory ---------------->

Shouldn't that be other way around?

I didn't write it, I only posted it.

I speculate that they're saying scientists have more of a changing perspective whereas a technician has tried and tested the same process a thousand times and it works perfectly for him/her.
 

Dark4ng3l

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Originally posted by: Alphathree33
I stumbled on a few little graphs and I thought that they were a neat way of classifying some things.

(I'm sure all of you disagree, but if you could avoid the posts like "YOUR POINT IS???" I'd appreciate it :)

<---------------- Education
Scientist | Engineer | Technician
Training ---------------->

<---------------- Learning To Think
Scientist | Engineer | Technician
Learning To Do ---------------->

<---------------- Weak Theory
Scientist | Engineer | Technician
Strong Theory ---------------->

I think the learning to think thing means scientists have to think to push forward science, a technician just has to use what scientists already know/what the proved. But I think those things are too vague to actually mean anything anyways.