I don’t know about engineers, except that it’s one of the reasons for my
antipathy towards GMO in our food or even in our countryside. However, I
agree, Chris about those other groups.
Chris
On 17 Jul 2014, at 17:03, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Once a year I am a member of the Safety Committee at a small (but very good)
>> air display about 3 miles
>> from my home, Little Gransden (the owner is an aerobatics champion, Mark
>> Jefferies). My job on that
>> committee is to monitor each display for safety, in all its aspects. The
>> worst ones to watch are the small “consumer” mopeds-of-the-sky whose pilots
>> want to make up a display. The Cessna 150s of this
>> world, and their pilots (mostly) are not suited to anything past 30 degrees
>> of bank or 10 degrees of
>> pitch.
>>
>
> I can think of all sorts of things along those lines, where the people
> involved in some activity (pilots, drivers, motorcyclists, power boaters) are
> grossly underqualified to do what they're doing. For instance: Have you
> noticed that drving skill is usually inversely proportional to the cost of
> the car?
>
> I sadly found this to be exceptionally true of engineers. The vast
> majority of them have almost no interest in the profession, especially in
> advancing their knowledge and design skills. Their only interest is the
> paycheck. Never mind what else I have to say about this as I do not want to
> get up on that soapbox.
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