Data Engineer vs Data Scientist: the evolution of aggressive species

Before reading the following dialogues, it can be guaranteed that although anonymised, every one of these small "scenes" have happened in the last three years. They have in fact happened many times, on a daily basis, with most of the brilliant people I come across as applicants, students and alumni! Me: "Why are you applying to a Data Science programme?" Random Applicant (Maths Graduate): "I am fascinated by artificial intelligence and its potentials" Me: "How are you with programming?" Random Applicant (Maths Graduate): "Mmm, IT is not really my thing."