Science vs Engineering Torah Scholarship Seems closer to Engineering

 Hi – I'm reading "The Things We Make: The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans" by Bill Hammack Ph.D. and wanted to share this quote with you.

"Put another way, the two methods have different goals: the scientific method wants to reveal truths about the universe, while the engineering method seeks solutions to real-world problems. The scientific method has a prescribed process that we all learn in school—state a question, observe, state a hypothesis, test, analyze, and interpret—but it doesn’t know what will be discovered, what truth revealed. In contrast, the engineering method aims for a specific goal—an airplane, a computer, a cathedral—but it has no prescribed process. The engineering method cannot be reduced to a set of fixed steps that must be followed, because its power lies exactly in the fact that there is no “must.” The specialized skill of an engineer is to find the correct strategy to reach a goal, to select among, combine, and create the many rules of thumb that will lead to a solution. Most often a rule of thumb results in a numerical estimate of some quantity, but it also guides an approach to problem-solving. A common one that illustrates the flavor of this class of rule is “break complex problems into smaller, more manageable pieces.” Thus, the engineering method is best described as an attitude or approach or even a philosophy of creating a solution to a problem."

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