re: I talked to some Democrats tonight

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Does having an engineering degree make me scientist?

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I'd say it depends on what you do. I consider myself a scientist (all my degrees are in ChemE), but I'm building a "nationally and internationally recognized and externally funded research program" per my job description. My wife is also a ChemE, but she's more the traditional engineer, I doubt she'd ever say she's a scientist.


Along the lines of the story, if my wife ever jumped in with "he's a scientist so you'd better listen to him" and I wasn't talking to an elementary school class, I'd ask for the check and head home as she'd be way too drunk to be in public, but a great level of drunk to be at home.