Why does a chemical engineer have more in common with an electrical engineer than a software engineer? The term engineer has been diluted ever since it first re

Why does a chemical engineer have more in common with an electrical engineer than a software engineer? The term engineer has been diluted ever since it first referred to people who made weapons for war. Speaking of which, let's not pretend that everything an engineer makes is magically beneficial to society. Engineers have a hand in creating: low-quality garbage, harmful materials, weapons, sprawl, low-quality buildings, obesity, and on and on and on.