сряда, 8 януари 2014 г.

NOTES: Science VS Engineering


One of my professors once told me that if you want to really understand something - teach it to somebody. I am at one point of my life where I need something, anything to keep me focused and always looking for new information, so why not?! Let's see how long will that blog keep me tuned...

Asking a question, Traditional View:
Scientists… Engineers…
create knowledge                                                                        apply that knowledge
study the world as it is                                                               seek to change the world
are trained in scientific method                                             are trained in engineering design
use explicit knowledge                                                                 use tacit knowledge
are thinkers                                                                                     are doers
More realistic View
Scientists… Engineers…
create knowledge                                                                        create knowledge
are problem-driven                                                                     are problem-driven
seek to understand and explain                                             seek to understand and explain
design experiments to test theories                                    design devices to test theories
prefer abstract knowledge                                                       prefer contingent knowledge
but rely on tacit knowledge                                                     but rely on tacit knowledge

(http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~sme/CSC340F/slides/03-engineering.pdf)

So once we have figured that out lets just stop mumbling ¨whyyyyyy so much math¨ or ¨stop that is physics!!!¨ and start focusing ourselves on becoming creative, problem-driven and happy with our work PEOPLE! Vengaaa! Vamooooos!!!!!!!!

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