Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. points out this nifty visual on the social order of science from Matúš Soták. Well worth a look if you’ve ever been anywhere in the realm.
Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. points out this nifty visual on the social order of science from Matúš Soták. Well worth a look if you’ve ever been anywhere in the realm.
Chuck Norris? Hmm. I’d say more Richard Dean Anderson.
@jim, too:
“One of the largest holes in our education system is a four year technician university. This would be one that teaches all kinds of real-world, functional problem solving and a whole lot less of fluff that has a small chance of ever being put to use.”
Jim, the only place I’ve seen that really understands technician level training and apprenticeship these days is that grand institution, the US Military. Especially in the highly technical fields like IT.
Don’t dis Chuck Norris!
clicky
I really like the Undergrad as seen by post-doc… lol, a baby being handed beer by an adult and smiling. lol
To Jim, too, at 09:43 – I refer you to Engineering Technology programs (B.S.E.T. or EE.T.) offered at a number of universities around the US. I did mine at Texas A&M. Never regretted the move from EE. The EEs I met in my other classes were always envious of my protoboard projects.
You said it. I often get to work with some Air Force programmers. All senior enlisted. Those guys are brilliant. What they’d be worth outside the military is tough to calculate. But they love what they do because they get to work on some really cool stuff.
The process in the top row appears to involve some considerable damage to the brain, particualrly to the frontal lobe, which has not fully matured yet and is being exposed to mind altering substances, and years of teaching from Marxist professors. The damage continues as the individual experiences government funding while providing nothing of actual value to anyone. He emerges, finally, as an individutal who is able to set the population and temperature of the planet earth.
They said it, not me.
One in the centre, post doc # post doc, was seen on WUWT some time ago:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/03/07/helmut-schmidt-calls-for-ipcc-inquiry/#comment-615467
OUTSTANDING!!!
(It also works rather well with the following category substitutions –
“22” “32” “42” 52″ “62” – I’m talking about AGE here 😉
OK, what does PI stand for? I did a search, but you can probably guess what constant number I keep getting in my search results.
MacGyver’s first name was Angus.
As a non-academic, having been an undergrad, PhD, and then in oil refining ( research and engineering ) and wall street ( financial modeling etc ), i see all of the people ( including self ) as that baby lunging at the beer bottle ( oh so cute ), without even knowing what it is. Look at what we are doing to the economy!!!
Omigawd – hilarious – just the tonic needed after this harrowing week.
And yep, undergrads do see themselves just as that first pic shows!
Was just thinking … could substitute secretaries -er- admins for the technician in the chart in the head post and that works too; what would the corporate (and even academic) world do without admins!.
.
Gary Mount says:
August 12, 2011 at 10:47 am
“OK, what does PI stand for?”
Principal Investigator.
Gary Mount says:
August 12, 2011 at 10:47 am
OK, what does PI stand for? I did a search, but you can probably guess what constant number I keep getting in my search
Gary – PI is “Principal Investigator.” In scientific research, this is generally the person that is the public face of the research, often is the originator (or appropriator) of the big idea being investigated, and the one that gets and controls where the money is spent. In the “PI as seen by Technician” box, I think the photo of Scrooge McDuck is pretty good. Not only is he cheap, he also is the money bags for the project.
i dont get it
This just made my week!
Power Grab says:
August 12, 2011 at 9:59 am
Hairpins work even better than a knife (my earliest memory!!)
If you’re old enough to remember the old Kodak Instamatic cameras with the flash cubes, try taking one apart sticking one of the flash bulbs in the socket (yes, I did…).
Fortunately, my sight and hearing came back after a few minutes and my parents never knew how the burn mark got on the outlet.
The image seems to mirror reality quite well 🙂
Absolutely brilliant, bravo. Good wishes to yourself and family.
Pamela Gray: please show photo before offering to bare all.
Lovely. The truth doesn’t have to hurt, after all.
Gary Mount says:
August 12, 2011 at 10:47 am
Don’t believe them. Remember Magnum? Hawaii? Cool car.
Steve Keohane,
“Discoveries”!!! Aw… the 1950 and 1960s were great for jabbing things in those mystery slots! And all those great metal toys with folding tabs, sharp edges and actual danger. Them were the days!! My favorite was the funny plug on the conical surface of the CRT in back of the B&W TV. If you grab that plug just the right way, you get “teleported” to a really neat place with stars and blue lights… and this hollow echoing sound….but it makes Mom scream like heck. I wonder what happened?