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Engineering Judgement: Ralph Peck [video]

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Re: Engineering Judgement: Ralph Peck [video]

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> What is the judgement founded on? (~18:00)

> 1. Empiricism or Precedent

> [A good engineer] must be familiar with the history of his field of engineering.

> 2. Theory (~23:00)

> They help guide judgement where precedent is not wise to use

I wish software were engineering.