This can be frustrating to the non-technical people who have to deal with them. The secret to coping with technology-oriented people is to understand their motivations. The following analysis will teach you everything you need to know. Their customs and mannerisms were learnt by observing them, much the same way Jane Goodall learned about the great apes, but without the hassles of grooming. The word 'scientist' is greatly overused.
Scientists like to solve problems.
If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own. Scientists believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet. No scientist looks at a TV remote control without wondering what it would take to turn it into a stun gun. No scientist can take a shower without wondering if some sort of Teflon coating would make showering unnecessary. If no appendages are freezing or sticking together, and no genitalia or mammary glands are swinging around in plain view, then the objective of clothing has been met.