Stay on Ground!!!

Q: What is a Machine?


Defn 1: Machine is anything that reduces human effort.

Defn 2: Machines are any combination of bodies so connected that something something relative motion something something. Well i dont remember the full definition.

I am sure not one would have missed this dialogue. It is from 3 Idiots. Is it a fact that Engineers love to complicate things. I believe it is not the case with Engineers alone, it is the case with everyone. Bada Chadakae bolne ka maza hi alag hai. No one including you understands what you have just uttered. Recently I had gone to Nirma University for a competition. We had to identify some problems and suggest solutions for that. We were competing with one of the top Institutes in India IIM-A. Well when the question was straight forward, the guy from IIM-A brought out so many things which were irrelevant and till the end i couldnt figure out what he had said and in what way was it connected to the question posted. The irony was IIM-A won the competition. Day before when i was working out solution for a problem, i got the same comment from my friend. "Engineers love to complicate things." He was probably right. There could have been more than 1 solution to that. But still, probably my brain was trained that way. Is it that there is something wrong with our education system or is it the way we enjoy saying things in a hyped manner so that the other person thinks that we are one of the blessed ones to have this much knowledge. Well it is something to ponder upon. But better stay on ground with your legs steadily grounded rather than flying high and getting hurt falling down later.