My original comment was rather ranty, I've calmed down since then :) I think the comparison with science is fair, engineering in this sense is very close to ph

My original comment was rather ranty, I've calmed down since then :) I think the comparison with science is fair, engineering in this sense is very close to physics. If you don't like that example we could try the shift from vacuum tubes to integrated circuits, or the disrespect thrown at neural nets before they got popular again. All analogies are crude, but they convey some meaning. I mean, I've shown people hard data (not even from simulations,from hardware) and they've still essentially ignored it, so I think it's fair to say there's at least some dysfunctionality in the industry. As epitomized, by the very article I'm responding to here. I'm not usually like this I promise, it's just that this article struck a bit of a chord with me :)