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The Fundamental Theorem of Engineering: Everything's a Tradeoff
- pschuegr 3y ago+1 every action has an up and a down side, you have to pick the action with the most appropriate up-side and the least problematic down-side
- euroderf 3y agoThis makes sense, especially in light of the established truth of Murphy's Law, which will home in on the worst possible downside.
- apienx 3y agoEngineering is not limited to design optimization. I propose the following fundamental theorem instead: "Every problem has a solution".
- mikhailfranco 3y agoScience: every well-defined problem has a correct solution. Engineering: every problem has a solution that depends on the resource context and a trade-off between different requirements based on subjective priorities (client, customer, user).
- dieselgate 3y agoGood content but wish it was articulated a bit more. Makes me think of the Seinfeld quip about buying pain relievers, “this one is fast acting, this one is long lasting. Do I want to feel good now or later?”
- CRConrad 3y agoSo it didn't occur to them to buy both, take on of each? Yeah, I've always thought _Seinfeld_ was waay overrated for intelligence.