Bridge collapse in Minneapolis; the next one might be in Michigan
After hearing about the disastrous bridge collapse in Minneapolis, Minnesota, I recalled something a relative (I'll call him Don) told me several years ago. At that time, Don worked as a sales rep for Hilti, a company that sells fasteners and adhesives. Don said he'd sold umpteen containers of adhesive to the contractor building a huge bridge in Michigan. Without going into all of the engineering details of that botched project, Don said the bridge was literally held together with Hilti adhesive. Perhaps that adhesive lasts indefinitely, but don't count on it. Every similar adhesive that I've seen becomes brittle and markedly weaker in time. So if a major bridge in Michigan collapses without warning, well, you've been warned.
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.”
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
Reference: Imagining dialogue can boost critical thinking: Excerpt: “Examining an issue as a debate or dialogue between two sides helps people apply deeper, more sophisticated reasoning …”