> Liberal arts types say engineers are not creative, but they're wrong. I take your basic point--and it's a good one--that engineering is actually a very creat

> Liberal arts types say engineers are not creative, but they're wrong. I take your basic point--and it's a good one--that engineering is actually a very creative pursuit, when done well. But like any other high-expertise field, it's difficult for people on the outside to understand how engineers solve problems and, thus, to appreciate the sorts of skills required to do it well. But isn't one of the lessons here that it's probably not a good idea to make gross generalizations about the attitudes and dispositions of people in other disciplines? :) I think "Liberal arts types say engineers are not creative" is probably about as true as "engineers are not creative." There may be some kernel of truth to each, but neither is especially accurate. (The kernel of truth may be that each statement could often be true when relativised to dumb liberal arts types and dumb engineers.)