[ExI] macdac's rocket scientists

[Stefano Vaj]

On 10/1/07, Spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
>
> for any variable therein, one can be a rocket scientist.  A rocket
> scientist
> is really a very sophisticated technician, in a sense.  I don't doubt that
> super-technicians are smart guys, but they can (and often do) convince
> themselves of some wacky stuff.
>

In fact, "science" has a rather peculiar usage in English. In Neolatin
languages, "rocket scientist" cannot even be literally translated, because
engineering, as practical medicine, are considered "know-hows", distinct as
such from the sciences they are based on, as speaking a language is distinct
from philology...

Stefano Vaj
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