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Re: Mentors Not Reading Rules

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Originally Posted by Taylor View Post
This entire thread bothers me.
If you don't know the rules, you shouldn't be designing a robot. End of story.
We hold the students to this expectation; adults should be held to the same standard.
Ignorance is not an excuse, and misinformation is worse than no information.
And yet here it is.
We all know that all mentors and all students won't/can't read all the rules.
Even if you think they should.

However, don't be arguing with those mentors or students who HAVE read the rules unless you can point to a rule that allows what you're arguing about.

Sometimes EGOs get in the way.
It's good to have a great idea, as long as you can back it up (with a rule or a proper engineering practice.. etc).
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