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Re: American Inventor

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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
A good engineer can take a design concept and get the design correct with the first prototype. Thats engineering. All the design work happens with pencil and paper, or on a CAD system. Building a 100 prototypes until you get one right is tinkering.
I think you're right, mostly.

Tinkering is still a useful practice, though....and necessary for some projects.
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