On Nov 9, 2013, at 12:41 PM, t.p. <daedulus(_at_)btconnect(_dot_)com> wrote:
<tp>
But we are NOT Engineers, just 'scientists, technicians and
programmers'.
Seriously, I think that a lack of comprehension of the existence of
engineering is a major hindrance is some parts of the world, such as
where the Economist comes from.
Tom Petch
Popular media often has the mad scientist build a big machine in his secret
lair in order to take over the world. So you can forgive the economist for not
realizing that it is engineers who build machines. Perhaps this goes back to
the Manhattan project, where the role of scientists was emphasized in popular
culture.