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Well you have to make your decisions based on something right? I'm not sure what you're advocating here, unless it's that we shouldn't think about life decision
by ryanmonroe 8y ago
Well you have to make your decisions based on something right? I'm not sure what you're advocating here, unless it's that we shouldn't think about life decisions too hard. The fact that math is involved doesn't automatically mean the reasoning is shallow.
- Apocryphon 8y agoIt's referring to the engineer's disease: https://ask.metafilter.com/297591/Origin-of-the-term-Engineers-Disease https://ask.metafilter.com/297591/Origin-of-the-term-Enginee... You see it in popular commentary sometimes- the ideas of engineers, often specifically software engineers, claiming unique knowledge by deriving from first principles, in fields they are but laymen in.
- Kiro 8y agoI rather trust an engineer in random subjects than anyone else that is not a professional in the field.
- Apocryphon 8y agoWhy? Why not doctors? Physicists? Geologists? Scientists of other disciplines? Mathematicians? Statisticians? Why give engineers- and I presume, software engineers, specifically- that extra credit?
- pathseeker 8y agoClearly because software engineers are the only people gifted with the true ability to reason. All other lowly professions just memorize facts in books. /s
- Kiro 8y agoPeople really seem to hate software engineers here.
- Apocryphon 8y agoPeople dislike arrogance, and are embarrassed by peers giving their field a bad name through arrogance.
- pathseeker 8y ago>Well you have to make your decisions based on something right? I'm not sure what you're advocating here Um, don't make-up stupid reasons to do things and justify it with math while ignoring the advice coming from experts in human biology. The GP's same line of reasoning could be used to justify doing cocaine every night. Think of all the extra time you are getting!