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  • Agreed.

    I might also argue that those people are all still engineers.

    Engineer just means “problem solver”. Everyone gets paid for solving problems.

    The real question in my head is how far does this go?

    Sometimes the problem is that these burgers need flipping. Protein disk translocation engineers? I’m cool with that.


  • The doctor is unable to stop them from their behavior.

    Imagine yourself as a doctor. The patient has the plague. You say, “Take this antibiotic. It will go away.” They say, “We prefer quarantine and chicken noodle soup”.

    Do you say ok? Or do you admonish them and risk they get angry and do nothing? Or do you say, that is better than nothing. It is their body.

    The only ethical behavior for a physician in this situation is to say, “sure, try dietary modifications”.

    They were trying to prevent long term brain development issues by resolving the anemia the fastest evidence-based way, but the patient refused expert advice.



  • A large faction of engineers, especially software-type engineers, have these types of hobbies.

    I’m sitting here right beside the heirloom quality (compared to most furniture) coffee table I made in my garage with my nearly complete wood shop.

    I make stuff in two ways in my day job. I design something and someone else makes it, or it’s just some idea as software.

    Engineers are a type. We’re just wired differently from most other people.