>> Well, I don't know any mechanics *personally*. But I've yet to see a
>> bunch of them get into an irate shouting match about whether an
>> adjustable spanner is better or worse than a well-made fixed spanner.
>> You can see how there would be merits to both, and how some people
>> might prefer one to the other, and they *could* spend months debating
>> it... it's just that they don't. As far as I'm aware, no mechanic
>> actually gives a **** about the difference. Given the option, they
>> just use whatever tool they prefer, and if there isn't an option, why
>> argue about it? It's just a tool.
>
> Yet you see heated debates about whether this braking system is better
> than that braking system; or this engine configuration is better than
> that one.

Really? That's news to me.

I'm sure many interested people have an *opinion* about such things, but 
I've never seen anybody actually *argue* about it.

> I think anything that can be differentiated in many ways with
> no objective measurement method will be argued about.

Well, yeah. Anything that somebody actually cares about, at least.

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