Lörinc Bódy
Engineering
The urge to understand the world
The urge to understand the world and gain passive knowledge forms a paired opposite with the desire to change it and make new things.Since my childhood, I have sought to make ideas into something tangible that can be touched, beholden, or interacted with. At first, the medium was sand, paper, or LEGO, later 3D models, computer games and simulations, or occasionally even wood or electronics.
On the other hand, the allure of the unknown was always strong for me, even for details (for example, in history) that don't seem to have any practical relevance. Later at the university, I studied as a physicist, science concerned chiefly with understanding, not applying the knowledge.
This way, I came to the opinion that the best results emerge where these opposites meet and the latest formal knowledge is applied to the engineering of new things while scientists deploy creativity to craft experiments and hypotheses.
Now at my first job, I will take part in the creation of products for all the world to see, not just for myself or show off for friends, which fills me with excitement. Meanwhile, in the field of machine learning, perhaps understanding and everyday practice are finally inching to meet in the middle, raising my curiosity.