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Literally all categories describing real-world phenomena are fuzzy at their extremes. Reality itself is fuzzy at extremes

• eesmith 5y ago
  Then what job isn't engineering? By the definition given - "a process of optimization within a solution space bounded by constraints" - a taxi cab driver is certainly an engineer, with no fuzziness. Nor would it be an extreme case testing that fuzzy borders of that definition. And that's why herval disagrees with that definition. As do I. Definitions can also be overly broad, which is why we no longer use the term "star" to refer to planets, nor refer to the sun and moon as "planets". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definition_of_planet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definition_of_planet .
  • ironmagma 5y ago
    While this is supposed to be an argumentum ad absurdum, it's quite great. Makes you consider that anything from dentistry to sanitation could really be thought of as similar to engineering and gives a nice healthy kick to the ego of an engineer.
  • spion 5y ago
    You are right. The output they work towards is a longer lasting item (system).