Engineering is about _tradeoffs_. By reducing a complex objective down to a single metric -- in this case, the author chooses energy expenditure -- you can arrive at a great many number of asinine conclusions, such as,…
Wait, I think I've seen this one before...
TLDR: Empathy and sympathy are different things. When most people ask form empathy, they are usually asking for sympathy. Glad we needed an essay on that.
Setting aside the obvious reverence for the father of the "Aryan master race" concept (Seriously, just pull up this guys Wikipedia -- first paragraph). Such a critique of Persian culture without any context is unjust.…
Engineering is about _tradeoffs_. By reducing a complex objective down to a single metric -- in this case, the author chooses energy expenditure -- you can arrive at a great many number of asinine conclusions, such as,…
Wait, I think I've seen this one before...
TLDR: Empathy and sympathy are different things. When most people ask form empathy, they are usually asking for sympathy. Glad we needed an essay on that.
Setting aside the obvious reverence for the father of the "Aryan master race" concept (Seriously, just pull up this guys Wikipedia -- first paragraph). Such a critique of Persian culture without any context is unjust.…