You are defined by the things that you are not interested in. Even more by the things you refuse to look at.
Creative electronic design required searching the essentially infinite solution space, which requires consideration of every available idea, even/essentially playing with the goofy or impossible ones.
Too many engineers avoid uncertainty, lock down a clumsy idea too soon. It's our policy to stay confused for a while and see what happens.
What do you do? There are occupations where mental rigidity is an asset.
I'm not political at all. I design electronics.
What do you do?