Engineers are Different

To the optimist, the glass is half full.
To the pessimist, the glass is half empty.
To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

There is a subtle difference between engineers and so called "normal" people, as this page will prove. As with all Knutty Knights pages, close the pop up window to return here for the next bit of information.

Engineers Psychoanalysed

People who work in the fields of science and technology are not like other people. This can be frustrating to the non-technical people who have to deal with them. The secret to coping with technology-oriented people is to understand their motivations. This page will enable you to start to teach yourself about engineers. Its author learned their customs and mannerisms by observing them, much the way Jane Goodall learned about the great apes, but without the hassle of grooming.

Engineers and Mistresses

You can further your knowledge of engineers by reading of their attitudes towards marriage, sex and relationships.

Engineers and Scientists

If you are curious, by now you will have been wondering about the difference between an Engineer and a Scientist. Scientists do not have the same attitudes as Engineers, as you can read. It also helps you to understand the difference between a Scientist and a Mathematician.

Engineering Students

Becoming an engineer is more than training, and yet not quite something that is genetically passed on. Being an engineer, with an engineer's attitudes is already built in by the time the prospective engineer becomes a student.

Engineers in Fairy Stories

There have been almost no fairy stories starring engineers. Here is why.