I'm not super familiar with the history on this, but the reasoning he gave seemed plausible. From the anectdote about a random group he joined consisting of a h

I'm not super familiar with the history on this, but the reasoning he gave seemed plausible. From the anectdote about a random group he joined consisting of a high percentage of martial artists, to the slang analogizing programming with martial arts. Sure he might be biased because he also does martial arts, but it is also plausible from the stance that he is unbiased.