Comments on: Bringing Law to the Masses http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/10/31/bringing-law-to-the-masses/ The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:20:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tech Paladin » Blog Archive » On Engineering and Law http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/10/31/bringing-law-to-the-masses/#comment-52299 Tech Paladin » Blog Archive » On Engineering and Law Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:34:01 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=13937#comment-52299 [...] is absolutely right: I think law is something that comes rather easily to engineers, since it’s basically just [a] [...] [...] is absolutely right: I think law is something that comes rather easily to engineers, since it’s basically just [a] [...]

]]> By: Reputo http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/10/31/bringing-law-to-the-masses/#comment-52290 Reputo Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:07:30 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=13937#comment-52290 Being an engineer myself, I like you're point that the law is easier to understand for engineers. What is most clear is understanding supposed "loopholes". I have a mechanical engineering background and dealt with many ASME standards for manufacturing. What was always fun was when during the manufacturing something went wrong (mistaken machining, wrong material, etc.) and it was my job to figure out what (within the ASME code) we could do to correct the situation. Laws are no different. Probably 90-95% of all "loopholes" in laws, codes, regulations, etc. were put there on purpose. Not for nefarious reasons, usually for reasons like I came across: People are human, they make mistakes, lets not damn them for being human. Being an engineer myself, I like you’re point that the law is easier to understand for engineers. What is most clear is understanding supposed “loopholes”. I have a mechanical engineering background and dealt with many ASME standards for manufacturing. What was always fun was when during the manufacturing something went wrong (mistaken machining, wrong material, etc.) and it was my job to figure out what (within the ASME code) we could do to correct the situation. Laws are no different. Probably 90-95% of all “loopholes” in laws, codes, regulations, etc. were put there on purpose. Not for nefarious reasons, usually for reasons like I came across: People are human, they make mistakes, lets not damn them for being human.

]]> By: Ymal Brucker http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/10/31/bringing-law-to-the-masses/#comment-52289 Ymal Brucker Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:04:42 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=13937#comment-52289 After my first year of law school, I was ranked 18th out of about 180 freshmen. I went to my advisor and asked what was up - I had classmates who lived in the library and dreamed in Latin, whereas I seldom cracked a book. "What's your background?", he asked. "Uh, I have a masters in math," I replied. "You won't have any trouble," he counseled. "The purpose of law school is not to teach law, because the law changes every day! The purpose of law school is to teach you to think like a lawyer! Deductive, contingencies, and alternatives. "We find that students who come from math, the physical sciences, or engineering make the best law students. "Those who come from the soft sciences - like psychology or sociology - and the business school are your average law students. "Those who come from liberal or fine arts, and here I'm talking history majors or people who have a degree in cello or Spanish, never really wrap their minds around the law. "Don't worry, you'll do fine." After my first year of law school, I was ranked 18th out of about 180 freshmen. I went to my advisor and asked what was up – I had classmates who lived in the library and dreamed in Latin, whereas I seldom cracked a book.

“What’s your background?”, he asked.

“Uh, I have a masters in math,” I replied.

“You won’t have any trouble,” he counseled. “The purpose of law school is not to teach law, because the law changes every day! The purpose of law school is to teach you to think like a lawyer! Deductive, contingencies, and alternatives.

“We find that students who come from math, the physical sciences, or engineering make the best law students.

“Those who come from the soft sciences – like psychology or sociology – and the business school are your average law students.

“Those who come from liberal or fine arts, and here I’m talking history majors or people who have a degree in cello or Spanish, never really wrap their minds around the law.

“Don’t worry, you’ll do fine.”

]]> By: windex1 http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/10/31/bringing-law-to-the-masses/#comment-52288 windex1 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:26:02 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=13937#comment-52288 Yeah, but there is some weirdness in law, like it's primarily word games. Funny thing: I scored a perfect score on the GRE logic portion of the test yet I almost failed the Philosophy 101 Logic class in college. ???? I never understood that. Math truth and wordy truth don't appear to be the same things. Yeah, but there is some weirdness in law, like it’s primarily word games.

Funny thing: I scored a perfect score on the GRE logic portion of the test yet I almost failed the Philosophy 101 Logic class in college. ???? I never understood that. Math truth and wordy truth don’t appear to be the same things.

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