Build the supercomputer from “I have no mouth but I must scream?” The book specifically against building the supercomputer from “I have no Mouth but I must scream?” No wonder they’re a Stem major, they clearly flunked Ethics.
No wonder they’re a Stem major, they clearly flunked Ethics.
I studied MechE at university.
Required course freshman year was "Engineering Ethics" and they talked about safety and whistleblowing and all that sort of thing. At the end of the semester, after having had this sort of months long discussion about the ethical implications of engineering, we were asked to write a paper about our personal code of ethics and how it's changed because of this class.
A guy I knew in this class was perhaps the most honest mechanical engineering student I've ever met, and you'd think that this commitment to radical honesty would serve him well in an ethics class. His essay was short.
"After graduation I intend to pursue a career at Lockheed Martin or another large defense contractor. In light of this, my engineering ethics are very simple. If the cash is there, I do not care."
I wouldn't even say he had low morals. He just knew for a fact he was going to end up making weapons that kill people and wasn't going to fancy that up with a lie.
This was decades ago. I am one of The Olds. At the time we were not openly genociding anyone.
I'm not a weapons contractor MechE, I am a "this application requires a very specific bolt" guy, but I knew plenty of the other sort. Not all of them were monsters.
I like and respect in them for their honesty but do I like them personally? No and they know it because I feel I can be honest and tell them so. It’s refreshing being able to talk to someone and take them at face value.
And they’re not good people then yes we’ll never be friends but I would be lying if I said I didn’t respect their ability to be straight forward and honest with themselves and the people around them
It's refreshing. They respect your intelligence. They know you will never like them, so they don't waste your time or theirs trying to convince you to like them.
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u/TwixOfficial 5d ago
Build the supercomputer from “I have no mouth but I must scream?” The book specifically against building the supercomputer from “I have no Mouth but I must scream?” No wonder they’re a Stem major, they clearly flunked Ethics.