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No because nearly every single complicated thing we’ve done, every problem solved has likely been done on the back of prior knowledge or technologies which were provided by others, there in lies my point.

You watch someone like Musk and you enjoy the spectacle and the idea of an engineering hero billionaire, or you realise that while he may have brilliant ideas and moments, I find he often fails to acknowledge the fact that he isn’t an island and even if he says things like, “I have a great team” I think it’s not enough because I’m generally one of those people who spends a LOT of time solving problems for other people within a team to help make complicated things happen…I wouldn’t have the time to go on TV half of the time which I why I likely know who is doing the real work.

You just have to love the different collapsible goal posts everyone sets up for each other.

What are you actually talking about, what goalposts ?

> Can you name some engineering accomplishments that have been done "single-handedly" and thus qualify as real engineering?

I'm actually very curious on what the response to this will be.