> Wow, I think I screwed up there. I meant the mechanic is far from an 
> engineer.

Oh, they *are* far apart. But the general public regards both of them as 
"those weird people who somehow understand how mechanical stuff works".

> Yeah, The EE knows the theory behind what he is doing. He knows WHY you 
> want, for instance, equal potential on all ground connections.
> 
> The electrician simply knows that he'll get flagged if he wires the hot 
> wire where the neutral was supposed to go. He may even be vaguely aware 
> that it might pose an electrocution hazard. :)

And it often comes as a shock to some people that a radiochemist might 
not know the neurotoxic properties of tetrododoxin, for example.

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