This post is a continuation of my arguent (started here) that it is engineering that leads the way in the growth of real knowledge, and that science at best follows engineering. Science is awash with idle

Surprisingly, parameter passing is a contentious issue. One wouldn’t expect that such an apparently simple thing could invoke disagreements but it does. Perhaps the most prominent disagreement involves

"There oughta be a law against that!" "But that's illegal. He's a lawbreaker!" We've all heard these accusatory non-arguments. They carry no weight, but their continual popularity

Here is the myth about the relationship between science and engineering: Science explores the universe to gain knew knowledge, then engineering comes along later and applies the new knowledge to create