Name: 隨意解釋：工程學 (Casually Explained: Engineering)
Uploaded: 2025-06-02T03:18:09.000Z
Duration: 6 min 12 s

基礎被動語態

情態副詞

As some of you know, I dropped out of engineering after one year to make YouTube videos, which I originally started to try to motivate myself to study for engineering.

正如你們所知，我在工程專業學習一年後輟學，開始製作 YouTube 影片，而最初其實是為了激勵自己學習工程專業。

程度副詞

So like every dropout, I still pretend I had it in me, I just didn't want to.

所以就像其他輟學者一樣，我依舊假裝我有能力，只是我不想這麼做而已。

What I like the most about engineering is that it's an extremely practical field.

我最喜歡工程學的一點是，它是一個非常實用的領域。

If you ask a mathematician what this symbol means, he'll say, that's pi, it's the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.

如果你問數學家這個符號是什麼意思，他會說：這是圓周率，是圓的周長與直徑之比。

But if you ask an engineer what this symbol means, he'll be like, Oh yeah, that's three.

但如果你問工程師這個符號是什麼意思，他會說：哦對，圓周率就是三。

Most people know an engineer or two in real life, but don't really understand what they do.

在現實生活中，大多數人都認識一兩個工程師，但並不真正瞭解他們的工作。

To make it simple, when you see a news segment like Russian soldier begs for mercy as Ukrainian grenade drone threatens foxhole, just know that somewhere an engineer is watching with his girlfriend and is pointing at the screen like, Yo, I designed that cargo hatch, dude.

簡單來說，當你看到俄羅斯阿兵哥因為烏克蘭的手雷無人機威脅到戰壕而求饒的新聞片段時，你只需要知道在某個地方有一位工程師正和他的女朋友一起看著這則新聞，並指著螢幕說：呦，那貨艙艙口是我設計的，老兄。

What a lot of people get wrong is they think that people go into engineering because they like math and science.

很多人都搞錯了，他們認為人們進入工程領域是因為他們喜歡數學和科學。

Engineers don't like math and science, they like money.

工程師並不喜歡數學和科學，他們喜歡的是錢。

The math and science you have to do is just an unfortunate side effect.

那些你需要做的數學和科學只不過是一個不幸的副作用。

While everyone starts engineering by thinking, Okay, which type of engineering do I want to do?

每個人在開始學習工程學時都會想：好的，讓我來看看哪種工程學是我想學的？

It very quickly and disappointingly becomes, Which type of engineering can I still do?

很快，問題就會令人失望地變成：哪一類工程是我還能做的？

In first year, you just take a bunch of STEM classes, but then at a certain point, everyone has a come to Jesus moment where they have to decide between buckling down, working on their study habits and accepting no sex life, or if they're going to transfer to business.

一年級的時候，你只需要上一些科學、技術、工程與數學（統稱 STEM）的課程，但到了一定程度之後，每個人都會迎來一個天殺的時刻，那就是他們必須決定：是要埋頭苦學、養成良好的學習習慣並接受沒有性生活的生活，又或者是轉到商科去。

From there, you'll procedurally experience harder and harder courses until you fail one, traumatizing you into majoring in whatever was the last thing you passed.

從那之後，你會按部就班地經歷越來越艱難的課程，直到你在某一個科目上掛科，使你受到心理創傷並（退而求其次地）選擇主修那個你最後通過的課程。

For example, software engineers scrape by linear algebra, but struggle once things start physically existing.

例如，軟體工程師可以勉強應付線性代數，但一旦事物變成實際存在的，他們就會陷入困境。

Civil engineers scrape by statics, but struggle if anything moves.

土木工程師可以勉強應付靜力學，但只要東西一旦動起來，他們就會陷入困境。

Mechanical engineers scrape by thermodynamics, but struggle when things they're working on become alive, and the laws of physics suddenly stop working.

機械工程師可以勉強應付熱力學，但當他們研究的東西變成活物，以及物理定律突然失效時，他們就會陷入困境。

Chemical and electrical engineers barely scrape by organic chemistry and quantum mechanics, then shake hands with each other and agree that the cream rises to the top.

化學工程師和電氣工程師勉強能夠通過有機化學和量子力學的考試，他們相互握手並一致認同 「適者生存」的道理。

No one goes to grad school because they all have a C average.

沒有人會去讀研究所，因為他們的平均成績都是 C。

This is traumatizing because if you hear someone say, Yes, I have a PhD, usually everyone is like, Oh, very impressive.

這是一種創傷，因為如果你聽到有人說：對啊，我有博士學位（PhD），通常大家的反應會是：哦，你非常厲害。

But if they say, It's in engineering, everyone thinks you're an idiot.

但如果他們說「這是工程學的學位」，所有人都會認為你是個白痴。

This is because getting an undergraduate degree in engineering is like Bud's training for the Navy SEALs.

這是因為獲得工程學大學學位就像巴德接受海豹突擊隊訓練一樣。

No one there actually wants to go and fight a war.

Everyone knows you just have to do it so you can write a book and go on podcasts.

每個人都知道，你只要這麼做，你就可以寫書、上播客節目了。

Now, engineers are usually very put together, organized, and prepared people who don't like sudden changes to their plans, spontaneity, or having unchoreographed fun in general.

現在，工程師們通常都是非常嚴謹、有條理、有準備的人，他們不喜歡突然改變計劃、隨性而為，又或者是沒有經過精心設計的玩樂。

Meaning the only thing they truly fear is girls.

也就是說，他們真正會害怕的東西只有女孩。

This means if you're a girl, dating an engineer can be really difficult because especially on the first few dates, you're constantly wondering, Is he just shy and awkward or actually autistic?

這代表如果你是女生，與工程師約會可能會非常困難，因為尤其是在最初的幾次約會中，你總是會這麼想：他到底是只是害羞、笨拙而已，還是真的自閉？

Even worse is if you're a girl in engineering, because if you ever get frustrated, lean back from your computer and are like, I just don't get how to do this.

更糟糕的是，如果你是一個工程專業的女生，因為如果你曾在感到沮喪時從電腦前退後，然後說：我就是不知道該怎麼做。

Well, you should have thought it through, Lily Phillips.

你當初就應該好好想清楚的，莉莉-菲利普斯（註：曾在一天之內與上百人發生關係的色情女星）。

With that said, when it comes to the actual work you'll do, there's a big difference between working on a train and working on a drug to solve erectile dysfunction, despite them having the same effect on most engineers.

儘管如此，當談到你會實際從事的工作時，在火車上工作和透過藥物來解決勃起功能障礙還是有很大區別的，儘管它們對大多數工程師的效果是一樣的。

So it's important to know what you're signing up for when you're choosing an engineering major, so I'll let you know about each one.

因此，在選擇工程專業時，了解你正在報名的專業是在做什麼的是很重要的，下面我將逐一介紹。

Mechanical engineer means you make bombs.

機械工程師意味著你要製造炸彈。

土木工程師意味著你要製造目標。

Chemical engineer means you're a chemist.

化學工程師意味著你是一名藥劑師。

Being a chemist means you're a cashier at a pharmacy.

擔任藥劑師就意味著你是藥店的收銀員。

Do not try to correct your confused family members.

不要試圖糾正對此感到困惑的家人們。

Electrical engineer means you know that V equals IR, and the rest you can learn on the job.

電氣工程師意味著你知道 V（電壓） 等於 IR（電流乘以電阻），其餘的你在工作當中學習就好。

Materials engineering is just coming up with IRL crafting recipes.

材料工程學就只是想出現實中（IRL）的合成配方而已。

Nuclear engineering is trying to explain to everyone for the last 30 years that these are not chimneys.

核工程學就是在過去三十年內一直試圖向所有人解釋，這些不是煙囪。

Software engineering is trying to figure out if you qualify for food stamps.

軟體工程就是在計算你是否有資格領取食品券。

Computer engineering is being relieved that you at least didn't choose software engineering.

計算機工程專業讓人感到欣慰的是，你至少沒有選擇軟體工程專業。

Biomedical engineering is when you just can't take it anymore, and you need at least one class with a girl in it.

生物醫學工程就是在你實在受不了的時候，你會至少需要一堂有女生的課。

哦，我不知道它是怎麼被算進去的。

Now, a lot of people are scared to go into engineering because they've heard it's a lot of work.

那麼，有非常多人都害怕進入工程領域，因為他們聽說這是一項艱鉅的工作。

But the good news is if you found a course really hard, you'll feel a lot better when you tell a senior that you got 52% on your final, and they're like, Yo, congrats.

但好消息是，如果你發現一門課程真的很難，當你告訴學長你期末考試得了 52% 時，他們會說：喲，恭喜你。你會感覺好很多。

This might cause people to ask the question, Wait, so the people designing rockets and planes might not have even understood what they learned in school?

這可能會讓人產生這樣的疑問：等等，所以那些設計火箭和飛機的人可能根本就沒有搞懂他們在學校裡學到的東西？

Engineering is about adaptability and problem solving in the real world, not about rote memorization of textbook material.

工程學講究的是在現實世界中的適應能力和解決問題的能力，而不是死記硬背課本材料。

If you're at work and the software says that your design is at risk of structural failure, just double it.

如果你在工作時，軟件顯示你的設計有結構性失效的風險，那就再加一個。

Now, the last question you need to ask yourself before going into engineering is the most important one, which is who do you think would win?

那麼，在進入工程領域之前，你需要問自己的最後一個，同時也是最重要的一個問題，那就是你認為誰會是贏家？

The combined power of the military-industrial complex, big pharma, the oil industry, and Wall Street all working together, or the English professor who has to teach the engineering ethics class in first year?

是軍工聯合體、大型製藥公司、石油工業和華爾街的聯合發力，還是那個必須在一年級教授工程倫理課的英語教授？

Because while engineers have some of the most important jobs in society, they also bear a lot of responsibility for the unintended consequences of their actions, and this is why I feel it's my duty to remind students and new graduates of the only question you need to know the answer to, which is when is it okay to violate your moral principles?

因為這些工程師們在社會當中擁有著某些最為重要的工作，並且需要為自己那些無心的行為所導致的後果負起責任，而這就是為什麼我認為我有責任提醒學生和應屆畢業生一個你們唯一需要知道答案的問題，那就是什麼時候可以違背你們的道德原則？

Now, as someone who dropped out of software engineering, it means I barely scraped my first year linear algebra, and I'm deeply scared of things that physically exist, which is why I like using an electronic SIM card instead of buying physical ones when I travel.

那麼，作為一個從軟件工程專業退學的人，這意味著我第一年的線性代數勉強及格，並且對於實體存在的東西感到深深的恐懼，而這就是為什麼我旅行時喜歡使用電子 SIM 卡而不是購買實體卡的原因。

With this video's sponsor, Salie, I could do just that.

有了這部影片的贊助商 Saily，我就可以做到這一點。

I recently went on a trip to Japan for a holiday and to visit some family, and my phone company usually charges me $15 a day for roaming, meaning I would have paid $300 for the time I was there.

我最近去日本度假和探親，我的電話公司通常每天向我收取 15 美元的漫遊費，這意味著我在日本的這段時間要支付 300 美元。

This is such a bad deal I was about to tear up Japan, but luckily I came to my senses, and just by using an eSIM through Salie, I was able to pay just $25 for a month with 20 gigs of data.

這筆交易太不划算了，我差點沒忍住把日本給拆了，但還好我有克制住衝動，並且只要透過 Saily 使用 eSIM，我就可以只花費 25 美元的月租費來使用 20GB 的數據流量。

I found this way more convenient than trying to replace the physical SIM when you land because you don't have to go through a complicated activation process or immediately realize you were just scammed by a sketchy vendor.

我發現這比在落地時更換實體 SIM 卡要方便得多，因為你不必經歷複雜的激活過程，或者是很快地意識到自己被不正規的供應商給騙了。

Plus, there's no risk of losing your old SIM when you swap it out.

此外，更換 SIM 卡時不會有丟失舊 SIM 卡的風險。

If you're going to be in multiple countries, you can also get multi-region coverage or just quickly add a new country whenever you get there.

如果你要去多個國家，也可以獲得多地區覆蓋，或者在到達目的地後快速添加一個新的國家。

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