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  1. From: myers@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Myers)
  2. Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 17:49:43 GMT
  3. Subject: Re: Can engineering be automated?
  4. Message-ID: <19570003@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
  5. Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
  6. Path: sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!darwin.sura.net!mips!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hplextra!hpfcso!myers
  7. Newsgroups: sci.engr
  8. References: <1992Jul20.174628.25417@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
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  21. > Not no. Yes.
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  24. Not yes. No.
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  26. Now, is anyone sufficiently tired of stating two of the possible answers to
  27. this question so as to give REASONS for their answers?
  28.  
  29. My personal feeling is that while the calculations that many people consider
  30. to be "engineering" can be (and have been!) automated, the creativity and
  31. innovation end of the game - which is where the REAL engineering is, IMHO - 
  32. can never be.  At least, not at present; you come up with a truly sentient
  33. and creative computer, and we'll talk further.
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  36. Bob Myers            | "There is a law of inertia.  And I have found that of
  37. myers@fc.hp.com      |  all the inert substances, the most inert is the       
  38.                      |  human brain."         - Edward Teller                 
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