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Re: You Cannot Graciously Accept

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Originally Posted by Molten View Post
Engineers talk with math first, and grammar second. It is a fact of life. If you want a crowd with good grammar, look into an english based club. However, if you are just wanting a crowd you can learn something and have fun doing it; well, you are in the right place.
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Originally Posted by JaneYoung View Post
I think this is why many successful teams in FIRST have found that developing skill sets in many areas help them. If you are trying to present your design concept to your team or to your boss, you must use language to communicate. The better the communication, the better you can convey the concept.
I agree with Jane.

While Molten's observation that university engineering curricula are light on language skills and very heavy on math is correct, the conclusion that engineers don't require the ability to communicate well is unsound. Those engineers whose ideas find widespread application, those engineers who rise to positions of responsibility, and those engineers who inspire others to pursue their profession are the ones who speak and write exceptionally well.
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I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.
(Cosmic Religion : With Other Opinions and Aphorisms (1931) by Albert Einstein, p. 97)
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