Originally posted by
lcam88
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In the previous posting you make mention to engineering literature. Thinking of aerospace, it be quite dense indeed as calculating airframe loads requires consideration of the lift surfaces and the load bearing structures, drag, weight and so many other variables.
Since engineering is fundamentally about reducing estimations and providing methods for consideration and calculations on key conceptual issues; it boils down to a realm where the variables are all known values based on well established concepts and principles that are well understood and even where the presumptions are well established. Following the "best principles" suggestions is great because a lot of stuff is already baked and so a lot of it doesn't need to be derived from first principles.
So while engineers must know all there is to know about materials, structures and principles or practices used, Physics comes from a place where some of the pieces may not yet be fully understood. Theories are developed to try and better understand...
Engineering new technology is about taking measurements and examination of the underlying physics where it is required for the final engineering analysis to be complete.
As you say, STP does not apply when the sheer coincidence of natural creation happens during the process of planetary or stellar creation. Occam's razor.
Perhaps engineering is only useful in the expansion of physics when an engineering implementation exhibits unforeseen characteristics that need explaining or study. That happens to be the case when, for example, 1930's electrical engineers in Germany measured phenomena that are not explained by conventional electric theory leading to theories that elaborate specific exception to the standard model. Joseph P Ferrell.