Originally Posted by HowAboutThis
Originally Posted by CKN
Originally Posted by ZeeOSix
Originally Posted by CKN
I think a word he uses multiple times is very accurate for those who are arm chair engineers on this board.
There are lots of people on this chat board that have way more knowledge about tribology than Mr. Goss does.
True-but they are in the very small minority.And please noticed I used the word "ARMCHAIR" as opposed to someone with advanced knowledge-either by education or tearing apart motors-or both.
THhs-below is an excellent post-
Originally Posted by PWMDMD
Pat is fighting against one of the biggest problems in America at the moment - the death of expertise. People believe with google they can "inform" themselves and make critical decisions on topics that in decades past we left up to the real experts. You know, people with PhDs who live and breathe a particular subject. Then the interweb came along and "Jim" with his C- average in prealgebra and his GED decided "climate change" isn't real because last fall it was 2 degrees F cooler than normal and the numbers do not make sense to him. Now it has extended to motor oil viscosities. Next people will be showing their heart surgeon a Youtube video instructing them how they'd like their surgery done.
Yes, I know the experts aren't always right but they are right a lot more than they are wrong and it still makes sense to follow the expert's opinions over you know, Jim the greeter at Walmart. The justifications for not following experts (the manufacturer engineers) are ludicrous - "This is just a guess, but engineers have little say in what oil is used"??? Really...do you want to rethink that statement? It is a WILD and counterintuitive guess about something you can not possibly have any knowledge about so why pose the statement? That's about as valid as, "I believe engineers make design decisions using a dartboard."
"That below" is not actually an "excellent post". It's a rant. He later called my engineer and computer friends tools working for a company that might care more about profits than anything else. Somehow not realizing this could describe an auto company, too. Lots of air with a strong opinion doesn't make one's argument "excellent".
Missing the point again...yes, it COULD describe an auto company but it also COULD NOT - neither of us knows which makes your point meaningless. You are essentially saying I know of some examples where engineers can't be trusted so I guess all engineers can't be trusted. You also missed the point about what I said about your friends - I don't know anything about them but I made a sweeping and likely inaccurate comment about them based on my hypothetical limited world view on why would any engineer stay somewhere where accountants make design decisions - like you did earlier. I did that to make a point. I can't generalize about your friends just as you can't generalize about engineers not having a say in oil viscosity or whatever the [censored] you were trying to say. Yet, I somehow think you will continue to make sweeping generalization about things you can't possibly have knowledge about which means this is a total waste of time...