Just How Smarter Engineers Are Than Everyone Else 12

[FeX32]

Good point imcjoek. I still think that this "attracting mates" won't fit everyone. Although for some this certainly is true.


Fe (IronX32)

 

[btrueblood]

Possibly all behavior is really, down at root level, about attracting mates. Stephen Gould's "selfish gene" theory and all. Certainly beer drinking might qualify as behavior intended to attract mates, or perhaps make available mates appear more attractive.

 

[FeX32]

Certainly beer drinking might qualify as behavior intended to attract mates, or perhaps make available mates appear more attractive.

haha. Too true.


Fe (IronX32)

 

[FeX32]

But then with all this beer drinking we wonder why birth rates are way low in western society.
Unfortunately, life is much more complicated then we would like.


Fe (IronX32)

 

[SomptingGuy]

Stephen Gould did write some interesting books, but he wasn't behind "The Selfish Gene". That honour goes to Richard Dawkins, good friend of the late Douglas Adams. More known these days for his "other" persona.

- Steve

 

[btrueblood]

Rats, you are right Steve. Shoulda fact checked my post, but was busy cracking open another beer.

 

[cranky108]

How can anything engineering be to impress a mate?

Working in excess of 40 hours a week, while being paid less than a minor sports star. And can you even explain what it is you do to make all those loads of money?

OK, the pay thing maybe wrong, but free electricity is good.

 

[imcjoek]

How can anything engineering be to impress a mate?

I'm suggesting the drive to create and innovate is likely built in via evolution.

The fact that some of us get confused and use that inspiration to create full scale replicas of the Starship Enterprise out of macaroni noodles is merely a 20th century debasement of that drive.

In summary: if peacocks were self-aware, they would wear funny hats.

 

[cranky108]

May I suggest that some of the behavior is for social status. And that the social status need is for attracting a mate.

Given that each of us values our social status among the community of our peers.

So maybe a good question is, why do we choose the community that we do (and I am not talking about our location)?

This comes from watching women, who (not all of them but some of them)will try to compete with dinner clothes, and makeup. The whole thing made me sick because I though it a total waste of money. Then again I have also seen about the same thing with men and power tools.

Then again as an engineer I tend to be sceptical, and on the practicle side. I would rather think of as deeper thinkers.

 

[FeX32]

"May I suggest that some of the behavior is for social status. And that the social status need is for attracting a mate."

If I tell a girl at a bar I have a doctorate in engineering she will give me the "duh" look. If I tell her I am a lead singer in a band she will drip.

Not sure where attracting mates comes in in the sciences, maths, engineering. haha.

Just a thought.


Fe (IronX32)

 

[Maui]

If I tell a girl at a bar I have a doctorate in engineering she will give me the "duh" look.

Or she will just laugh in your face.

Maui

http://www.EngineeringMetallurgy.com

 

[SomptingGuy]

The only women I know who would react favourably to a bloke with a science/engineering education are also in that business. However, the proportion is much less than 50/50.

- Steve

 

[jmw]

The usual course of events is to hide ones capabilities from friends, acquaintances and bar pick ups. It is even advisable not to reveal one's abilities to co-workers or management lest the feel threatened.
Just pretend to be thick and barely capable of doing the job so you can do it well but never reveal how easy it was for you.
Plus, telling people you have a doctorate is likely to say £Hey look, I'm a nerd, not a macho type." There are also unfortunate connotations with Dr Sheldon Cooper and colleagues in The Big Bang Theory.
Saying you are in a band is good one though but Howard Wolowitz's "Come drive my Mars Rover" worked for him so it should work for anyone. (Or, "come and drive my underwater camera vehicle" and link up to one of those sites that let anyone do that. There is probably some mileage to made out of using Google earth on people who have never heard of it.... e.g. bar pick-ups.)

JMW

http://www.ViscoAnalyser.com

 

[cranky108]

So here's a question about practically.

What type of car (or other) do you drive most of the time, and why did you choose it?

As for me I drive a 25 year old S15, which is just large enough to carry a 4 X 8 sheet, and still get good millage.

No sports car here.


Besides if you say you have a doctorate won't you also get asked about some health problem? I guess that won't be so bad, as you will know the relationship won't last long enough for you to get sick of her ........
Really that's why you were in the bar for anyway.

 

[TheTick]

Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people.

Mediocre engineers discuss how much smarter they are. Great engineers are too busy with ideas.

Honesty may be the best policy, but insanity is a better defense.

http://www.EsoxRepublic.com

-SolidWorks API VB programming help

 

[JohnRBaker]

I drive a 2001 2-door 2WD Chevy Blazer (very much like in the image below), which I consider to be my 'sports car':

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA

http://www.siemens.com/plm

UG/NX Museum:

http://www.plmworld.org/p/cm/ld/fid=209

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[SomptingGuy]

I drive an '04 Ford Focus diesel - the one with the 115 PS engine. Bought it because I love diesels and was partly involved with development of this particular engine. It just happened to appear on a dealer's forecourt when I needed it and is spec'd to the nines. I found out yesterday that the published top speed is probably doable - only got to 115 mph, but it felt like there was a lot more to come if there had been more road.

- Steve

 

[FeX32]

Mediocre engineers discuss how much smarter they are. Great engineers are too busy with ideas.

Good point. However, the same can be said about this whole forum.

In regards to the topic change. I drive a mk6 VW GTI. Sweet car.


Fe (IronX32)

 

[FeX32]

Got her to about 235km/h. Probably 10-15km/h left until rpm gutter.


Fe (IronX32)

 

[lacajun]

A retired colleague of mine was married to a woman who wanted an engineer because they're stable. They're not exciting but they're stable, they provide for their family, they're handy to have around, and they can pass on their "smart" genes to the kids. She made no bones about her selection for a mate. She selected a great guy, too.

My neighbors have a friend who recently applied for a completely non-technical job. He's completely non-technical. They had him take a personality profile and an algebra test. He was shocked because he's not taken algebra, ever. I haven't heard if he passed or not.

Pamela K. Quillin, P.E.
Quillin Engineering, LLC