How many of us are scientists?

[Superbug]

Almost all the atheists I know in real life are scientists. Let us see if that's the case here too.

[Jme]

Well currently seeking employment as a research technician, which reminds me that I got a call today from imperial college saying offering me an interview the position sounds fun too - slicing up brains!

The drinks are on me

[rach12]

Almost all the atheists I know in real life are scientists. Let us see if that's the case here too.

Same here.

I currently work in the research sector - geology - and previously worked in private industry. Sort of prefer private industry.





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BTW, cool avatar! Loved the movies.

[sylas]

No. I have an interest in science, and I have a BSc, but I now work in computing. Even my degree was a computer science and maths major, with little genuine science after first year.. I should have done more science subjects, but that's okay. I've continued to learn and study in my own time.

Cheers -- Sylas

[Superbug]

the position sounds fun too - slicing up brains!

I think brains look too much like caramel fudge.

BTW, cool avatar! Loved the movies.

Kill Bill is a great movie.

[bandecoot]

Nope I'm a historian, which is in the humanities or Social Sciences. I have done some Biochemistry as an adjunct to some Archaeology subjects.

My wife and I are even published.

[rach12]

No. I have an interest in science, and I have a BSc, but I now work in computing. Even my degree was a computer science and maths major, with little genuine science after first year.. I should have done more science subjects, but that's okay. I've continued to learn and study in my own time.

Cheers -- Sylas

Sylas, you're a scientist. No doubt about it.

My father, an atheist as well, is not a scientist, but he should have been.

[Gilgaron]

I'm a microbiologist, hence the cartoon Crypty the Cryptosporidium from The Onion as my avatar. I'm still trying to decide if I'd prefer to advance further in microbiology, get a degree in a complimentary field like software and get into computational genetics, or perhaps go into education.

[Matthew]

I was a science major in college. I fell in love with cell biology in high school and I entered into junior college as a biology major. I was also a creationist at the time and believed that evolution was invalid. In fact, I thought that cell biology exonerated William Paley and not Darwin. Then my interests began to shift and I became more interested in chemistry. When I graduated from my junior college and entered the current university that I attend, I was a physics major. I became fascinated with string theory, then I recall wasting a few years or so pursuing a crank theory ( Lewis Little's "Theory of Elementary Waves"- it's embarrassing, I know, but I thought it made sense until I became convinced that physicists demonstrated nonlocality in physics). Then, after reading the writings of Richard Carrier and corresponding with others, I decided to major in history and I hope to train as a Bible scholar in graduate school.

I no longer adhere to the crank theory I mentioned above; rather, I now believe that the best interpretation of quantum mechanics is John Cramer's "Transactional Interpretation".

Matthew

[Ryokan]

I am an economics major, and intend to get my PHD. Economics is a social science, so I'd say I am an aspiring scientist.

[zorathruster]

Now as an engineer engaged in plasma applications and ionic acceleration I would like to think I qualify. But in the strictest sense, I do most of these applications with intent on finding better commercial applications instead of forwarding the body of knowledge. I wonder if there is a requirement for an altruistic component to separate science from engineering?

[EvoUK]

Doing a physiology with psychology degree- works out 3/4 physiology and biochemistry, to 1/4 psychology.

Mildly interesting.

Though rather than "most atheists I know are scientists", I've found that most scientists I know are atheists. A slight change in the wording, but I've just found fewer theists in the academia, and especially fewer religious nutjob types.

[Superbug]

I wonder if there is a requirement for an altruistic component to separate science from engineering?

I think you qualify, as long as you're not faking data to protect your company's interests.

[EvoUK]

I think you qualify, as long as you're not faking data to protect your company's interests.

*gasps* the very thought!

[C. D. Ward]

I currently work at a major healthcare firm, as a database and business systems analyst. However, I've previously done operational forecasting and business process re-engineering, both involving a healthy dose of stats. Not really science, but I suppose tangentially related...

Interestingly, however, my undergraduate degree is in music...