> and concluding that because they disagree, in fact all Star Wars movies must be pretty bad No, I am not concluding that the TDD is bad, if anything, I am con

> and concluding that because they disagree, in fact all Star Wars movies must be pretty bad No, I am not concluding that the TDD is bad, if anything, I am concluding that it doesn't actually matter. Anyway, I am not even clearly doing that, I just wanted to entertain the idea that some practices (such as TDD) can be placebo, so they subjectively feel as a good thing despite the fact that we cannot measure any effect. Neither was my intent to touch the moral issue about placebos.. I think if it works for you, do it. In fact, thinking about it some more, there can even be practices in SW development that have nocebo effect, that is, have no measurable impact, but make you feel worse. Daily scrum meeting comes to mind for me.