I've heard from multiple engineering sessions and teachers that engineers think a certain way. As such, a major component of Penn Engineering is developing this way of looking at things. It's kind of weird thought, actually: a leadership molding the malleable minds of the ignorant into the leadership's way of seeing things. Okay, I know that's a semi-ridiculous comparison, and I'm not worried about it, at all. I'm just saying that there are many parallels between higher education and Nazi Germany, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. That's all.
Dr. Bogen said that engineers "cite their sources and document they're decision making process." My trip to Wawa just got much more complicated.
[Internal Dialogue]
"I really want a milkshake right now. Or an iced coffee. Hm... conundrum."
- There are 420 more calories in the milkshake, according to their labels.
- In addition, a milkshake would set me back $2.17 further than an iced coffee would.
- They are both 16oz. servings; however, because the milkshake has more mass than the iced coffee, the milkshake would fill me up more.
- Nietzsche despised coffee and refused to drink it, and I respect a lot of his views.
Given such information, I decided to go with the milkshake based mainly on the fact that:
I LOVE MILKSHAKES FROM WAWA.
I can has engineering?
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Haha, Godwin's law.
ReplyDeleteIt's definitely an interesting issue on the philosophical side. Many engineers don't question the methodologies of those inculcating tomorrow's inculcators (barely a word).
Nietzsche was a fascinating superposition of human optimism and a certain endearing cynicism. The evolution of engineering and scientific thought all the way from Spinoza and Bacon is a very interesting progression.