I'm not arguing against using your gut feeling, it is more that if those coders examined why they do things they way they do they could probably come up with so

I'm not arguing against using your gut feeling, it is more that if those coders examined why they do things they way they do they could probably come up with some good reasons. And then if you want to convince other people to do it your way it is better to say "do this because X, Y, Z" than "do this because I think it's better."