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In other words: strong opinions, loosely held. Shouldn't this be the default expectation, for every article we read, anyway? Such a disclaimer makes only sens
by vog 9y ago
In other words: strong opinions, loosely held.
Shouldn't this be the default expectation, for every article we read, anyway?
Such a disclaimer makes only sense if the article was written by some very famous author who must reasonably fear that their advice is taken too dogmatically. Speaking of that, I've never seen people like Martin Fowler make such a disclaimer.
- c3534l 9y agoDepends on the audience, really. You have to already know a fair bit before you can critically evaluate the speaker.
- mikekchar 9y agoTo be fair, Martin Fowler's entire blog is a "bliki" because he intends to (and does) change his entries often. He's even ripped out entire swathes of his writing when he thinks he's wrong (occasionally frustrating when you think he's wrong about being wrong ;-) ). I assume he doesn't make such a disclaimer because he thinks everyone already realises it -- but I have to agree that it would be nice if he (and other people as well) did. A lot of times people seem to think that reading something from a well known author is equivalent to permission to turn their brains off :-( Instead of, "Oh, that's amazing! Let's try it", they think, "Oh, that's amazing! We don't have to try it".