From: Mark Steven Heyman (markheyman@infoproconsulting.com)
Date: Tue Apr 12 2005 - 14:48:17 BST
On 12 Apr 2005 at 1:22, ian glendinning wrote:
Having said nuff said, you can hopefully see that your generalisation
was an untruth.
msh says:
If by this you mean some engineers care more about the literal truth
of their assumptions than about the solution to their problems, you
may be right. This does not invalidate my generalization. And my
guess is, such people wouldn't be engineers for long.
ian:
You say you are a professional engineer (I don't intend to argue)
msh:
Thanks.
ian:
You say "All engineers care about is outcome"
msh:
No. If you read carefully, you'll see that what I said is engineers
care more about solving problems than about the literal truth of
their assumptions. This pertains to their work as engineers, not to
every facet of their lives.
ian:
You post thoughtful mails to a philosophical forum, about why people
hold beliefs and act upon them, demonstrating that you, an engineer,
do care about the assumptions in decisions.
msh:
When I post thoughtful mails to a philosophical forum I'm not acting
as an engineer trying to solve a practical problem.
Thanks,
Mark Steven Heyman (msh)
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