fossilesqueM to Science MemesEnglish · 10 months agoWe don't judge here. :)imagemessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up11.04Karrow-down147
arrow-up1995arrow-down1imageWe don't judge here. :)fossilesqueM to Science MemesEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square95fedilink
minus-squareHobo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·10 months agoI think the word you’re looking for is physicist. A physician is a medical doctor (as in a person that treats sick people). A physicist is a person that studies physics (as in a person that knows how to solve word problems involving pool tables).
minus-squareoce 🐆@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·10 months agoIt’s a classic French speaker mistake because physicist is “physicien” and physician is “médecin”, very different.
I think the word you’re looking for is physicist. A physician is a medical doctor (as in a person that treats sick people). A physicist is a person that studies physics (as in a person that knows how to solve word problems involving pool tables).
It’s a classic French speaker mistake because physicist is “physicien” and physician is “médecin”, very different.
(And Russian)