That's an interesting rhetorical tack, but rationality over emotion is also pretty much the history of science, which is also closely tied with the history of aristocracy.
Fortunately for all involved, we don't need to rope aristocracy or philosophy into the argument to provide some level of understanding of the qualitative nature of engineering, be it physical or digital. Instead, we have algorithms, maths/logic, and real measurements to serve as the bedrock of our field.
Unfortunately, articles such as this one abandon that bedrock in favor of appeals to emotion, which leaves the article (and whatever conclusions it may ostensibly provide) unsupported by fact or logic.
This loosely grounded approach to discussion is perfectly suited when discussing one's television preferences, but provides a net negative value to the world of technical discourse by propagating a culture of unsubstantiated and emotionally driven opinion and pop culture ideals.
Your entire argument has been hung up on how what was said was not said the way you would prefer them to say it. Here's where you call them stupid:
As such, it reflects badly on their engineering department, and there is a strong implication that this is not somewhere that a studious engineer would choose to work.
Fortunately for all involved, we don't need to rope aristocracy or philosophy into the argument to provide some level of understanding of the qualitative nature of engineering, be it physical or digital. Instead, we have algorithms, maths/logic, and real measurements to serve as the bedrock of our field.
Unfortunately, articles such as this one abandon that bedrock in favor of appeals to emotion, which leaves the article (and whatever conclusions it may ostensibly provide) unsupported by fact or logic.
This loosely grounded approach to discussion is perfectly suited when discussing one's television preferences, but provides a net negative value to the world of technical discourse by propagating a culture of unsubstantiated and emotionally driven opinion and pop culture ideals.