Monday, March 3, 2008

On cynicism

During an email discussion on being cynical (What? Who? Me?), Aaron came up with this:

Science is the search for answers.

Engineering is the application of those answers to life's problems.

Cynicism is the discipline that tells us we were asking the wrong
questions in the first place.

I love it.

2 comments:

Chaotic Hammer said...

"No matter how cynical I get, I just can't keep up."

I'm sure somebody in your discussion already quoted that one.

Jim said...

We've used it in the past, yes.