Let us decide what the EC wants out of this CPD. Is it that we have paperwork that says that each of our registered persons still has an interest in engineering, continues to think about its principles every day, is still competent to carry out some kind of engineering work, or some such similar pointless bit of paper? Perhaps it is that Britain still has a group of people willing to keep us at the forefront of technology, although they would say that this is far too vague, and anyway unless we are taught "stuff" we cannot move forward. So what does it want CPD for? The answer to this question will be interesting, because I think they will be unable to answer it in a satisfying way. My own work has discovered many interesting things, some of them patented, some of them held secret, some of them as yet without application. I have also discovered that there is an arrogance towards truth and fact amongst those who should know better, because that is the only way that they can hold their position in the pyramid of life. Even when presented with proof of their error they will not admit that they cannot explain or do not know, these two points being the most dangerous things that engineers and scientists  can do. Real engineers have a character which always wants to know the "why?" of everything, and if they don't know will work until they do, because that is how we make progress. They also discuss the problem widely, because sharing problems leads to solutions. CPD then should be the discussion of shared problems, not discussion of solutions already found, because this is what makes ones brain actually work, and become interested in progress. Surely this is the reason for CPD?


Lets try this, the electron model of electricity is clearly flawed, how does electricity really work? Perhaps you didn't even know that what you have learned is a model, and a severely imperfect one at that? Ideal CPD!

Let us decide what the EC wants out of this CPD. Is it that we have paperwork that says that each of our registered persons still has an interest in engineering, continues to think about its principles every day, is still competent to carry out some kind of engineering work, or some such similar pointless bit of paper? Perhaps it is that Britain still has a group of people willing to keep us at the forefront of technology, although they would say that this is far too vague, and anyway unless we are taught "stuff" we cannot move forward. So what does it want CPD for? The answer to this question will be interesting, because I think they will be unable to answer it in a satisfying way. My own work has discovered many interesting things, some of them patented, some of them held secret, some of them as yet without application. I have also discovered that there is an arrogance towards truth and fact amongst those who should know better, because that is the only way that they can hold their position in the pyramid of life. Even when presented with proof of their error they will not admit that they cannot explain or do not know, these two points being the most dangerous things that engineers and scientists  can do. Real engineers have a character which always wants to know the "why?" of everything, and if they don't know will work until they do, because that is how we make progress. They also discuss the problem widely, because sharing problems leads to solutions. CPD then should be the discussion of shared problems, not discussion of solutions already found, because this is what makes ones brain actually work, and become interested in progress. Surely this is the reason for CPD?


Lets try this, the electron model of electricity is clearly flawed, how does electricity really work? Perhaps you didn't even know that what you have learned is a model, and a severely imperfect one at that? Ideal CPD!