So is a good photographer a scientist looking to get the perfect focus/shutter speed/iso/aperture etc..
Or are they an artist, looking for whats good, snapping away, and changing stuff with post processing?

I was going to say artist, and then thought I should double check what the standard definition of a scientist is:

One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research, or make use of the results of the research of others

So yeah, a photographer could technically be called a scientist at a push, but then you could argue the same for people performing many other mundane activities.

I think artist, but only because I think an artist will be looking at most of those things you have listed under scientist.

An artist will be looking to frame the shot, get the right focus and shutter speed to capture the shot that looks good, post processing would then just to be to enhance the shot...

But by your descriptions (ignoring scientist/artist) I would say that the first makes a good photographer, the second could get some lucky shots, Im closer to the first, my ex is closer to the second.

I expect most people fall somewhere in the middle, I know I do, most shots I am to do, but sometimes take shots I dont really like, but after post processing Im happy with.

So is a good photographer a scientist looking to get the perfect focus/shutter speed/iso/aperture etc..
Or are they an artist, looking for whats good, snapping away, and changing stuff with post processing?

It takes all of about an hour to learn the basic technical stuff. Takes a lot longer to develop the artistic stuff - I reckon Im on the bottom of a very steep learning curve as far as that is concerned.

You might as well ask if a painter is an artist or scientist because he requires some knowledge of different paints, surfaces etc...

Richard Feynman was one of the finest Physics minds of the 20th century. He was also a mean Bongo drums player. You can be both!

I fear I am not artistic enough to be a good photographer tbh

But the actors in those examples arent photographers they are people merely using photography to achieve a goal.

But an artist or photographer is using photography as a tool to achieve a goal too.