XPost: sci.physics.relativity   
   From: jl@glen--canyon.com   
      
   On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 23:40:25 +0100, nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J.   
   Lodder) wrote:   
      
   >john larkin  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 09:50:59 +0100, Thomas Heger    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >Am Mittwoch000011, 11.02.2026 um 19:47 schrieb Liz Tuddenham:   
   >> >> john larkin  wrote:   
   >> >>   
   >> >>   
   >> >> [...]   
   >> >>   
   >> >>> Why are physics types so often insulting and obnoxious?   
   >> >>>   
   >> >>> I've been to physics meetings that shocked me with their brutality.   
   >> >>> That mentality is terrible for brainstorming and inventing things.   
   >> >>   
   >> >> Physicists are particulary careful to prove that they are NOT inventing   
   >> >> things.   
   >> >>   
   >> >>   
   >> >   
   >> >Of course physicist could invent whatever they want and have the ability   
   >> >to invent.   
   >> >   
   >> >Science isn't organised in 'guilds' and everybody has the right to   
   >> >invent, which would include physicists.   
   >> >   
   >> >But mainly the engineers invent things, because they have more training   
   >> >in the use of the required means.   
   >>   
   >> Training teaches repetition. Dogs are trained.   
   >>   
   >> Inventing things is a separate skill. It involves being crazy,   
   >> exploring the extremes of the solutuin space, staying confused.   
   >   
   >It would seem that you have no problem with that,   
   >   
   >Jan   
      
   Most engineers are reluctant to stay confused. They dislike   
   uncertainty, so lock down on a conventional, clumsy circuit or   
   architecture asap and then grunt it out.   
      
   It's better to explore possibilities for a while, see if there is a   
   better idea somewhere out there.   
      
   Then  switch gears to careful, disciplined design, to get it right the   
   first time.   
      
   Not many people can do both.   
      
   The last name of s.e.d. is design.   
      
      
   John Larkin   
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