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There's a phenomenon in engineering sometimes where an engineer, sometimes even an early career one, will do amazing things because "nobody told them it was hard" and/or nobody told them the "correct" way to do it.


The uneducated engineer addresses reality. The educated engineer addresses the best modern ideas about reality.


It’s not just engineering. There’s some value in being naive enough to try something.



Exactly!




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