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Unread 30-12-2003, 22:05
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Re: Mentors

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Originally Posted by Adam Y.
Sorry. I was being a bit brusque. I was trying to say that their is a vast amount of information to be learned from robotics. It can be compared to learning calculus for the first time. Looking at the text-book and trying to deceiper the information can make a person feel really dumb. It becomes easier if you have someone to teach you about it along the way. I hate it when people look a gifthorse in the mouth and when they instantly assume they know everything. Unless they have built a robot before then they could use all the help they can get. Btw I have no idea what it means to open a can of worms.
An Engineer's ego is a delicate thing. If you know how to stroke it, there shall be no problems. It's more of a maturity issue at the moment if anything. Plus the Babybot didn't require much mentor help. Things will be different once the Botfather design begins.
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