# how many the ratio of straightdoper are scientist? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 3, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-the-ratio-of-straightdoper-are-scientist/601769 "2011-11-03T19:01:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2011, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-the-ratio-of-straightdoper-are-scientist/601769/41 "2011-11-06T04:30:54Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I assume they must. If they didn’t how would they know when they’re running low on mice? Maybe that’s what led to the unfortunate situation at [NIMH](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_of_NIMH). ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-the-ratio-of-straightdoper-are-scientist/601769/42 "2011-11-06T22:22:58Z")
I have my master’s in biochemistry and work in industry. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-the-ratio-of-straightdoper-are-scientist/601769/43 "2011-11-06T22:31:32Z")
Do social scientists count? Oh. I didn’t think so. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Anaglyph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Anaglyph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaglyph)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-the-ratio-of-straightdoper-are-scientist/601769/44 "2011-11-07T16:13:55Z")
It looks like we biochemists are over-represented in this poll. PhD in biochemistry, doing protein engineering. Not working in the lab myself. I have students to do the tedious work in the lab. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-the-ratio-of-straightdoper-are-scientist/601769/45 "2011-11-07T16:43:26Z")
I have an undergraduate degree in Computer Science. I work for a major university in a research lab. My title has both the words ‘engineer’ and ‘scientist’ in it. You pick. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-the-ratio-of-straightdoper-are-scientist/601769/46 "2011-11-07T17:02:09Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Do social scientists count? No, only the antisocial ones. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-the-ratio-of-straightdoper-are-scientist/601769/47 "2011-11-07T17:12:03Z")
I’m a scientician also. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-the-ratio-of-straightdoper-are-scientist/601769/48 "2011-11-07T17:55:57Z")
I fondly remember helping with some biogas research as a student job while at college. The group put my name on a few papers, even though I wasn’t doing any number crunching. I did lab tests, report editing, and lots of shovelling of fresh dairy manure. Now my title is engineer and I’m mostly doing project management. Some people thing that scientistsandengineers is all one word, but it really isn’t. So I’d only count as a scientist in a loose way. Although I do watch Mythbusters. ---
**Author:** ![Danja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@Danja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danja)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-the-ratio-of-straightdoper-are-scientist/601769/49 "2011-11-07T18:59:46Z")
I’m a college student in biology and chemistry. Will hopefully be in a Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. program next year for biophysics/protein engineering. I’m also a lurker who didn’t realize that he no longer has to pay a subscription fee to post! ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-the-ratio-of-straightdoper-are-scientist/601769/50 "2011-11-07T19:38:26Z")
Engineer with a BS in physics. I don’t do original science, but I create original things relying on those doing the original science. Because I have to test, tweak, fiddle, kick, and clean spilled coffee from my prototype stuff in labs, let’s call me an ‘applied scientist’. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-the-ratio-of-straightdoper-are-scientist/601769/51 "2011-11-07T21:33:20Z")
I have a B.S. in computer science and an M.A. in math. I currently teach math and physics at the high school level. ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-the-ratio-of-straightdoper-are-scientist/601769/52 "2011-11-08T03:42:09Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I have a degree in Biochemistry, but I am far from a biochemist. This is me. I actually teach business in China which I believe is where the OP is located. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-the-ratio-of-straightdoper-are-scientist/601769/53 "2011-11-08T09:30:39Z")
> [@y7xzh1](#): > > my english so sorry . > how many the ratio of straightdoper are scientist?about 30%? What do you mean by scientist? And do you only mean active straightdopers? ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-the-ratio-of-straightdoper-are-scientist/601769/54 "2011-11-08T18:07:58Z")
Pharm. D, physician, surgeon, nicely-published… Left that racket a few years back. Now: Little science; little money. :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-the-ratio-of-straightdoper-are-scientist/601769.md?page=2)