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Old Jan 22, 2012, 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by KazzaX View Post
Engineering disease? I haven't heard of that.. I'll have to look it up. Is it just another way of saying the way engineers think (the shortest distance between A and B is a straight line) or is it an actual disease?

My dad was an engineer for 40 years until retirement and he was every bit the stereotype. He doesn't display emotions...ever. Except anger once in a while. I think I learned a thing or two from him. I dont think he has any emotional intelligence whatsoever (another thing I inherited, lol).

Its funny that generalization because for my dad it is 100% right on the mark, hahaha! Well actually for me too except I'm not an engineer.
haha, no, I was kidding about engineering being a disease. people talk about commonalities between Aspergers and engineers a lot though.