how many of the Destiny's civilian crew were actual scientists?

[slimjim]

or other useful things like engineers?

[Artemis-Neith]

Except Chloe Armstrong, Camille Wray, and all of the Soldiers, everybody else.

[General Jumper One]

Except Chloe Armstrong, Camille Wray, and all of the Soldiers, everybody else.

You forgot Eli Wallace

[Artemis-Neith]

You forgot Eli Wallace

Yeah, right. How could I.

Eli Wallace is of course not a scientist/engineer. That's three then.

[slimjim]

Except Chloe Armstrong, Camille Wray, and all of the Soldiers, everybody else.

seriously ALL of them, if that's so I can't image Novus was very friendly place live in it's early years.... given what I've been told about the social skills of most scientists

[Artemis-Neith]

seriously ALL of them, if that's so I can't image Novus was very friendly place live in it's early years.... given what I've been told about the social skills of most scientists

Na, don't think so. Don't know what scientists you have in mind, but most I've met (a lot of different faculties) are quite normal, nice people. Only a very few are more "complicated", like Rush, for example. But from my point of view someone like him is rare in normal life. Though those scientists exists in all faculties. Most departments "own" maybe one of those, but really, often it's possible to avoid them. Bad if it's your director, or professor, than you don't have a chance, you have to deal with him or her.

[slimjim]

Na, don't think so. Don't know what scientists you have in mind, but most I've met (a lot of different faculties) are quite normal, nice people. Only a very few are more "complicated", like Rush, for example. But from my point of view someone like him is rare in normal life. Though those scientists exists in all faculties. Most departments "own" maybe one of those, but really, often it's possible to avoid them. Bad if it's your director, or professor, than you don't have a chance, you have to deal with him or her.

my mum's cousin does some kind of clerical job at Jodrell Bank Observatory and she tells my mum that the people there are difficult to talk to about anything other then their work, and difficult to get to them take care of anything other then their work (like filling out forms and arranging new staff and the like) she almost made it sound like a building full of autistic people or something

[Artemis-Neith]

Yeah, I understand what you mean. But that's maybe not exclusive for scientists.

Although think about the situation onboard Destiny, there are only people with higher education, and some soldiers, all of them have learned to deal with each other after one year. And, nobody has to "filling out forms and arranging new staff and the like". And who would like to do such stuff by choise?

[SGSargon]

seriously ALL of them, if that's so I can't image Novus was very friendly place live in it's early years.... given what I've been told about the social skills of most scientists

Life can change people more than you think.

[Quizziard]

she almost made it sound like a building full of autistic people or something

And the problem with that would be? On a serious note, many of those whose careers have led them into technical roles which require precision, repetition and fine detail are there because of their inherent tendencies for those facets. Which often result from an ASQ which is at the higher end of the scale. I work in an office of such people. Cliches typically form because of observed facts: there really are many "nerds" in science/technology because certain psychological traits produce both those who have an aptitude for the skills and incidentally a limited social breadth. However, as in all good "rules", reams of counter-examples.

[slimjim]

And the problem with that would be? On a serious note, many of those whose careers have led them into technical roles which require precision, repetition and fine detail are there because of their inherent tendencies for those facets. Which often result from an ASQ which is at the higher end of the scale. I work in an office of such people. Cliches typically form because of observed facts: there really are many "nerds" in science/technology because certain psychological traits produce both those who have an aptitude for the skills and incidentally a limited social breadth. However, as in all good "rules", reams of counter-examples.

"And the problem with that would be?" well quite a lot, when it comes to socialising and communicating in large groups like what I was referring to

[Quizziard]

"And the problem with that would be?" well quite a lot, when it comes to socialising and communicating in large groups like what I was referring to

Socialising is over-rated

[Quizziard]

or other useful things like engineers?

At the end of the day, Icarus was a research base with the sole intention of utilising its naquadriah core. Therefore, apart from the inherent protection and supervision from the military personnel, the rest would be physicists, geologists and so on...

[carmencatalina]

I'm a scientist, and I assure you, you have to be able to communicate and interact with people to do science. While the sciences do have their share of odd ducks, the vast majority of scientists do perfectly well in social settings. Science isn't very similar to how it is portrayed in the popular media; almost all science is collaborative in nature, requiring teams of people working together, and requiring communication of your results to peers and to granting agencies.

[slimjim]

I'm a scientist, and I assure you, you have to be able to communicate and interact with people to do science. While the sciences do have their share of odd ducks, the vast majority of scientists do perfectly well in social settings. Science isn't very similar to how it is portrayed in the popular media; almost all science is collaborative in nature, requiring teams of people working together, and requiring communication of your results to peers and to granting agencies.

"she tells my mum that the people there are difficult to talk to about anything other then their work, and difficult to get to them take care of anything other then their work"
also a your a biologist right? I'm talking mainly about physicists, I'd imagine it's a different mind set for such different fields