> Suppose you don't know Lisp, but you've seen many respectable people such as Paul Graham and Steve Yegge describe how great Lisp is for metaprogramming. This

> Suppose you don't know Lisp, but you've seen many respectable people such as Paul Graham and Steve Yegge describe how great Lisp is for metaprogramming. This doesn't mean that you know the fact "Lisp => great for metaprogramming"! What you know is the fact "Many respectable people think => 'Lisp => great for metaprogramming'". An excellent distinction. I think OP may be looking for http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Mysterious_Answers_to_Mysterious_Questions http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Mysterious_Answers_to_Mysteri..., that's the one with e.g. http://lesswrong.com/lw/iq/guessing_the_teachers_password/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/iq/guessing_the_teachers_password/