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John Allspaw · 5 May 2014

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  1. Our reading

    Doing science is not the same as doing engineering.

    Their wordsI do hope that it's not too controversial to state that doing science is not the same as doing engineering.

  2. Our reading

    The difference between science and engineering lies in the discretionary space engineers have in design and operation.

    Their wordsI'd like to further state that the difference, in some part, lies in the discretionary space that engineers have in both the design and operation of their creations.

  3. Our reading

    Science does not care about intentions, whereas engineering does.

    Their wordsScience alone doesn't care about our intentions, while engineering cares very much about our intentions.

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