Attention engineers...What type are you and why?

[sciguy125]

Originally Posted by JVN

To call yourself an engineer, you imply professionalism that isn't there and your words carry that implied credibility that comes with the title.

I understand where you're coming from, but I'm not sure if I'm willing to concede my position just yet.

Originally Posted by JVN

The argument could be made of course... that everyone should just make their own judgments and ignore any supposed, possibly self-granted "titles".
(Nah! )

I'm not trying to make a case for my above comment, but people should always scrutinize information no matter where it comes from. Everyone is liable to make mistakes. The fact that I've seen an episode of Modern Marvels titled "Engineering Disasters 16" shows that even professionals aren't immune. You also can't expect people to know everything. I'm sure that for years to come, science teachers will teach that the Milky Way is a spiral galaxy, but they're wrong.