Tag: engineering

• Dowsing: Fraud, Demons, or God?

  An engineer’s firsthand encounter with dowsing leads to a historical exploration of science, Catholic thought, and the enduring mystery of divining rods.

  RMDell’Orfano

  July 30, 2026

  Religion

  Abbé Alexis Bouly, Abbé Alexis Mermet, Athanasius Kircher, buried cable, Catholic Church, Catholic theology, Christian discernment, divination, divining rod, dowsing, engineering, hidden knowledge, historical theology, ideomotor effect, Jacques Aymar, occult, pendulum dowsing, radiesthesia, science and faith, spiritual discernment, underground water, unexplained phenomena, water dowsing

• Beyond AI: The Real Challenge

  An engineer reflects on WPI in the 1960s, the rise of artificial intelligence, and why lived experience—not information alone—remains the true path to wisdom.

  RMDell’Orfano

  July 3, 2026

  Autobio

  ai, artificial intelligence, Christian life, college life, critical thinking, education reform, engineering, engineering education, experience, experiential learning, Faith and Reason, higher education, learning, lifelong learning, machine shop, memoir, perseverance, personal growth, pilgrimage, practical wisdom, qualifying project, Scripture, slide rule, smartphones, STEM, technology, vocational education, Wisdom, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, WPI