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Whoa there, slow yer roll. No disrespect to engineers, mechanical or otherwise. He has a degree as a mechanical engineer. But on his shows he was not doing things associated with mechanical engineering. He was pretending to be a scientist, lab coat and all. I don't recall him having shows showing the differences between an internal combustion engine and a gas turbine, and the amount of torque each type could generate given each their respective capabilities. Or the differences in capacity of an elevator versus an escalator. Or describing, and demonstrating, the theory of mechanics which is: "Mechanics is the study of motion of matter and the forces that cause such motion. It is applied to the analysis of any dynamical system ranging from atoms to solar systems. The analysis of stress, deformation and stability of thin-walled tubes is a classical subject of physics and engineering."
I used to enjoy watching it myself. At the time I thought he was a scientist, though a nerdy one. But no. Instead he pretended to be a scientist showing and performing certain experiments. He never accomplished the work typically required to be considered a “scientist”. That is not to say what he did on his show was not without merit. Indeed it was, and the show was popular, and most likely inspired many young minds to enter scientific fields. But he held himself out to be a scientist on the show, not a mechanical engineer.
