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Originally Posted by AemJeff
Engineering is not science. Engineers are not scientists. Engineers make or design things. The test for the quality of an engineer's work is whether or not the things function within the parameters of their designs. Scientists produce papers. The test for the quality of a scientist's work is based on peer approval in regard to the papers he or she has produced. These are intrinsically different tasks, requiring completely different sets of skills (and that's apart from the specific technical skill sets that accompany each discipline.) And you're right, this goes directly to harry's critical thinking skills, at least insofar as she allows us to glimpse them, such as they are, in this forum.
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Thank you for your input.
She does seem to know enough to avoid rebutting your statement, unless the post below applies:
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Originally Posted by badhatharry
And you never explained just what is the the defining feature of science or a scientist that makes it/him unique...except to say DUHHHH!
I suspect that is because you can't.
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