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In reply to the discussion: Weekend Economists Simplify Everything! October 25-27, 2013 [View all]Demeter
(85,373 posts)3. Precisely, Fuddnik!
The reason why engineers seek the elegant solution is so that even the most incompetent person alive cannot misuse, destroy, or hurt himself or others with the end product. Even more elegant is a design which has no dangerous steps in its manufacture or its disposal...
Product liability is a management's concern....engineers just want the thing to work, every time, all the time.
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