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This kind of comment is why (some) people hate engineers and HN.
by crushcrashcrush 8y ago
This kind of comment is why (some) people hate engineers and HN.
- matte_black 8y agoAnd it’s also the reason why some people love engineers and HN. It’s great to discuss things with people who know how to speak with precision as opposed to childish hyperbole.
- superhuzza 8y agoDo they literally 'love' engineers because they speak with precision? Or perhaps you were using a bit of childish hyperbole?
- falsedan 8y agoGood gentlefolk, not I, for here is only the most witful and masterful hyperbole permitted, nay, expected
- everdev 8y agoOr, you could use a qualitative word: many, tons, a plethora... Let's save the quantitative words for actual quantities. There's few things worse than someone stating something or giving advice and then saying, "Well, I obviously didn't mean what I said". Better to take some time to mean what you say IMO.
- EGreg 8y agoSome people can mean a few people. So what if a few people hate engineers and HN? They are extremely valuable and look how the world has been improved because of them. Perhaps by some, you meant many? Then you should come out and say it. And even if many people hated engineers, that would still not mean engineers must change. In the 1960s the USA had a math and science crisis in schools. Russia was far ahead in engineers, possibly because the culture didn’t really put down “nerds and geeks” as much as in the USA. Blaming the victim for using precise language is perhaps missing the point. The US with its huge population desperately played catch-up in STEM until the H1B visa saved the day! It’s not just my opinion, that’s what Kaku says, among SOME, perhaps MILLIONS, of others: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NK0Y9j_CGgM https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NK0Y9j_CGgM