&gt; As engineers, we are hardwired to nitpick.<p>This is just not true. You are not &#x27;hard wired&#x27; to react in such a specific manner, and being an engineer does not mean ripping things apart.<p>You may be an engineer and choose to make a joke about something. You may be an engineer and something may make you go off and learn about something you didn&#x27;t know about before. You may be an engineer and react in all sorts of ways to soemthing, nitpick is only one possible outcome.