Your quote is better, but for people that have a hard time with that analogy, I like using the example of building a 4-story concrete/brick building - anyone can make a building stand strong by filling it with concrete / bricks. It takes precise engineering to know how thin you can make the walls/supports to make that building worth building.
If you just mindlessly fill everything with bricks and concrete, you likely need to make the lower walls thicker than the upper ones to support the weight...
The whole engineering process can be done without ever looking at the budget as long as the framework is given ("use these materials", "you have this much space").
int0x2e|4 years ago
filmor|4 years ago
The whole engineering process can be done without ever looking at the budget as long as the framework is given ("use these materials", "you have this much space").
ahartmetz|4 years ago
"The perfect race car crosses the finish line first and then completely disintegrates"
- Ferdinand Porsche
(I took some liberty with the translation - the idea is that everything breaks at the same time.)
throw0101a|4 years ago
* https://quotefancy.com/quote/1791488/Ferdinand-Porsche-The-p...
asmithmd1|4 years ago
[edit] Achshually "An engineer can do for a dollar what any fool can do for two" - Arthur C. Wellington
diordiderot|4 years ago