[cripplecreek]

[operation clinton cleanup]

Next they will be saying Einstein was no "Einstein"!

[patton]

LOLOLOL

[JRandomFreeper]

As the Chief (only) sysadmin at a WISP startup company.... whenever someone says "This isn't rocket science" I turn my old faded NASA coffee cup around so that the NASA logo faces them and say "It could be".

/johnny

[So Cal Rocket]

I've worked with rocket scientists for the better part of my life... in fact, I married one...

But I will have to say that rocket scientists are incredibly smart... but many are incredibly smart at one thing - rocket science. There's some that aren't smart enough to pour water out of a boot with the instructions written on the bottom.

[stm]

Are you sure this did not come from Scrappleface???? :-)

[edwin hubble]

Borowitz is funny.

But, politically, he is a raving leftist.
A lot like Bill Maher.

[John Jorsett]

Personally, I love my coffee mug that says,

I'm Proud to be An
engeneer
enginir
engineer

[originalbuckeye]

My occasional experience with rocket scientists has shown me that, while they are incredibly intelligent about many science matters, they are pretty short on common sense.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship. design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects.

Lazarus Long

[Gay State Conservative]

The American Association of Hollywood Stars and Starlets isn't too impressed with brain surgeons,either.

[trashcanbred]

Did anyone read the article? This is a joke.

[Paleo Conservative]

"Having said that, though, rocket science is not brain surgery."

If you want on or off my aerospace ping list, please contact me by Freep mail.

[thoughtomator]

They all pale in comparison to the legendary rocket surgeon.

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

[dighton]

Gary Larson’s take.

[AmishDude]

Amusing. But based on my experience, neither does very well in mathematics.

[Prime Choice]

Rocket scientists, long considered the gold standard in intelligence among all professionals, are not nearly as smart as originally thought...

Hell, my wife coulda told you that!   She reminds me every day, for cryin' out loud!   ;o)

[lesser_satan]

Oh, it's Andy Borowitz. I thought it was real at first. God that guy's funny.

[SamAdams76]

Well humor article or not, the fact remains that the top preformers in the field of science often cannot tie their own shoes, balance their own checkbooks or button up their shirt properly. They are really no smarter than most other smart people - they have just chosen to dedicate most of their brain cells towards one particular field of endeavor.

Not that there's anything wrong with that. But it always has annoyed me when people say of a particular task "Well it's not rocket science (or brain surgery)."

Fact is, anybody of average intelligence could become a rocket science or a brain surgeon with the proper training and dedication.