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Wes Groleau  
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 More options Sep 30 2012, 12:43 am
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
From: Wes Groleau <Groleau+n...@FreeShell.org>
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:43:48 -0400
Local: Sun, Sep 30 2012 12:43 am
Subject: Re: Bike Friday Tikit warning
On 09-29-2012 23:26, Dan O wrote:

> On Sep 29, 5:43 pm, Wes Groleau <Groleau+n...@FreeShell.org> wrote:
>> On 09-29-2012 08:46, DirtRoadie wrote:

>>> Well, there you have it. There's no end to the problems that can pop
>>> up when engineers have been involved.

>> Worse problems occur when engineers AREN'T involved.

>> I wouldn't hire an engineer to remove a tree, and I wouldn't hire a tree
>> remover to design a bicycle.

> I know people who have gone to school and obtained engineering
> degrees, are "trained" in the functions and procedures, and can even
> "engineer" things (to a degree), but are simply inherently incapable
> of thinking about things from the angles that will lead to a well-
> engineered solution.

There are engineers that are incompetent.
There are engineers that are lazy.
There are engineers that are dishonest
etc.

And obviously the best engineer can make a mistake.

Does that make an engineering team a worse choice
for safe design than anyone else?

--
Wes Groleau

   “Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity.
    But I'm not so sure about the universe.”
                                — Albert Einstein


 
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