Major next steps for fusion energy based on the spherical tokamak design

Re:Major next steps for fusion energy based on the spherical... by ChuckMcM on Monday August 29, 2016 @01:50AM (#12380247)

Generally problem constraints, but your implicit point that without the science the engineering would not be possible is certainly valid.

I would be the first person to tell you that I am way further on the D side of the R&D spectrum than the R side.

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Re:Major next steps for fusion energy based on the spherical... by sgt101 on Monday August 29, 2016 @03:05AM (#12380477)

Yup, Engineers use science, craftsmen use intuition.

What does that say for software?

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Re:Major next steps for fusion energy based on the spherical... by CWuestefeld on Monday August 29, 2016 @11:16AM (#12382394)

I think as often as not, engineers hit on something that works, and later on the scientists come along to explain why it works, and figure out a framework of rules around the principle that allows it to be systematized.

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Re:Major next steps for fusion energy based on the spherical... by sgt101 on Monday August 29, 2016 @11:43AM (#12382650)

I think that the "it works part" is science ( measure quantify qualify) this is what the software community does really badly.

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Re:Major next steps for fusion energy based on the spherical... by bsder on Monday August 29, 2016 @04:38PM (#12385111)

> Yup, Engineers use science, craftsmen use intuition.

Sometimes. The early history of radio was one instance where the engineering ran ahead of the science.

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