Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: You just went to the Google homepage. What actually happened?
Posted by
Carl Tollander on
Mar 22, 2013; 12:49am
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Fwd-You-just-went-to-the-Google-homepage-What-actually-happened-tp7582191p7582218.html
I have had an opportunity to observe craftsmen, and I am pretty sure
they do know why they do things a certain way, they just don't quite
know how to explain it in terms of engineering principles. Their
skills are often acquired via oral traditions, the subskills aren't
passed on as codified knowledge as we understand that.
On 3/21/13 5:58 PM, Parks, Raymond
wrote:
How about a craftsman or artisan that understands the engineering
principles of what they craft? Too many craftsmen I've met don't
know why they do things a certain way - that's just the way they
were taught to do it. I can think of two people I'd like to have
with me in case of a major catastrophe - one is a rocket scientist
who crafted a museum quality (as in museums have offered to buy
it) astrolabe, sews costumes from eye (not patterns), and makes
water balloon catapults. The other is a carpenter and builder who
restores old (as in 1000 year) buildings on the Isle of Jersey.
Oddly enough, both are members of the Society for Creative
Anachronism - which might be another pre-req for surviving a major
catastrophe.
Ray Parks
Consilient Heuristician/IDART Program Manager
V: 505-844-4024 M: 505-238-9359 P:
505-951-6084
On Mar 21, 2013, at 5:50 PM, glen e. p. ropella wrote:
Russ Abbott wrote at 03/21/2013 04:45 PM:
Every once in a while I hear about
a survey where it is asked who you
would like to have with you in
case of a major catastrophe.
Overwhelmingly the answer is an
engineer. I wouldn't disagree.
I've always preferred to answer that question with a
craftsman or
artisan. In principle, there shouldn't be much
difference. But in
practice, I find engineers talk and argue like lawyers
whereas artisans
talk very little but produce quite a lot.
--
glen e. p. ropella, 971-255-2847,
http://tempusdictum.com
Reprove not an arrogant man, lest he hate you; reprove a
wise man, and
he will love you. -- Proverbs 9:8
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