| > Surely you already know the history of professional engineers, then? How it's only a little over 118 years old? Mostly originating from the fact that it was charlatans claiming to be engineers, building things that ended up killing people, that inspired the need for a professional license? I did not qualify with "professional" as you have, which is disingenuous. If the historical record of what can be considered "engineering" is of import, consider: The first recorded engineer
Hey, why not ask? Surely it’s related to understanding the
origin of the word engineering? Right? Whatever we’ve asked
the question now. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, the
first recorded “engineer” was Imhotep. He happened to be
the builder of the Step Pyramid at Ṣaqqārah, Egypt.
This is thought to have been erected around 2550 BC. Of
course, that is recorded history but we know from
archeological evidence that humans have been
making/building stuff, fires, buildings and all sorts of
things for a very long time.
The importance of Imhotep is that he is the first
“recorded” engineer if you like.[0]
> But these are not the people who made modern life people[sic]. Lots, and lots, and lots of people made modern life possible.Of course this is the case. No one skill category can claim credit for all societal advancement. But all of this is a distraction from what you originally wrote: Engineering started out as just some dudes who built things
from gut feeling.
After a whole lot of people died from poorly built things,
they decided to figure out how to know ahead of time if it
would kill people or not.
These are your words, not mine. And to which I replied: This is such an unbelievably dismissive assertion ...
What I wrote has nothing to do with "Engineers don't deserve any more credit than anyone else ..."It has everything to do with categorizing efforts to solve difficult problems as unserious haphazard undertakings which ultimately led to; "they decided to figure out how to know ahead of time if it would kill people or not" (again, your words not mine). 0 - https://interestingengineering.com/culture/the-origin-of-the... |