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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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  1. She spends her time robbing tombs.
  2. She destroys the tombs and sanctuaries She visits.
  3. She shoots species that are probably in danger of extinction.
  4. She finds dinosaurs still alive and what does She do? Shoot them to death while continuing to destroy tombs.
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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] Soleos@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

That's engineering, not science. There is no science gameplay, you just have science points that you spend.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 22 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"Everything that has ever occurred is science stuff."

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 5 days ago

So, all that anal probing was, indeed, science? TIL

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

The implementation of engineering is science. In this case it involves physics, materials, structural, and a bunch of others science disciplines.

It isn't research discovering new things, sure. Not that kind of science.

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 6 days ago

I think the question asked was games that were science but not/beyond engineering. Pretty much everything with a puzzle aspect can be described as engineering.

[–] Soleos@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Sure, I don't disagree with what you said. Some will say Applied Science is a category of science, others will say it's distinct from capital "S" Science. I don't really care either way, the distinction I was making was: Science is a process of developing knowledge that explains the natural/observable universe, including the humans/societies within it, i.e. a way of understanding what is. Engineering is the application of scientific knowledge, principles, and methods of inquiry in the construction and development of technology--it does not seek to explain things about the world.

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Seems more like engineers than scientists (strictly speaking).

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Scientists construct models from reality; engineers construct reality from models.

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

That would imply game dev is a science.