Re:Ask HN: Good Books on Philosophy of Engineering
by __loam on Friday January 19, 2024 @07:44PM
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Maybe you should try reading it before dismissing it like this.
Re:Ask HN: Good Books on Philosophy of Engineering
by hosh on Friday January 19, 2024 @09:11PM
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The idea isn’t about that quality is important though. It is that, even though people feel it is important, no one has been able to rationalize it or measure it. And that sometimes we act and talk as if we can.
I’m not sure why you keep denigrating it as a couch philosophy. Just curious, are you doing that because you have worked through philosophies from academia or the classics?
Of course in the context of "books useful for engineers".
If you just enjoy someone's couch philosophy - i can totally understand that and agree that the book may be great.