<story><title>The dangers of unlicensed engineering</title><url>http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/02/03/964781/citizen-activist-grates-on-state.html</url><text></text></story><parent_chain><item><author>pyre</author><text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  &amp;#62; He said there is a potential for violation if DOT
  &amp;#62; and the public were misled by &quot;engineering-quality
  &amp;#62; work&quot;- even if the authors did not claim to be
  &amp;#62; engineers.
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Isn&apos;t this essentially saying that you &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; be too smart/thorough for your own good, and that the government is going to punish you for not getting a license to use your abilities? What the hell is &apos;engineering-quality work&apos; anyways? Talk about an amorphous term...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>arch_hunter</author><text>This is sounding a lot like a profession making it illegal for others to do anything that could decrease their own income.</text></comment>
<story><title>The dangers of unlicensed engineering</title><url>http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/02/03/964781/citizen-activist-grates-on-state.html</url><text></text></story><parent_chain><item><author>pyre</author><text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  &amp;#62; He said there is a potential for violation if DOT
  &amp;#62; and the public were misled by &quot;engineering-quality
  &amp;#62; work&quot;- even if the authors did not claim to be
  &amp;#62; engineers.
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Isn&apos;t this essentially saying that you &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; be too smart/thorough for your own good, and that the government is going to punish you for not getting a license to use your abilities? What the hell is &apos;engineering-quality work&apos; anyways? Talk about an amorphous term...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>notaddicted</author><text>You&apos;re refuting the weakest possible interpretation of his statement. &quot;This&quot; is essentially saying, that it is possible to mislead the public by producing work that has some of the qualities of engineering work, but is &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; actual engineerng work. The alleged violator clearly started with the conclusion, and put together some official looking research to support it ... one of the many things you learn not to do in engineering school.</text></comment>