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This might be a programmer's quirk, I remember when I wrote my thesis, most of the corrections of my advisor were of this nature. Whenever I presented something
by lkozma 16y ago
This might be a programmer's quirk, I remember when I wrote my thesis, most of the corrections of my advisor were of this nature. Whenever I presented something I would start by enumerating the bugs and limitations, before finally saying what it actually could do.
- stcredzero 16y agoCognitively, it's not the best ordering for the information. Better to anchor something starting with the capabilities. Starting with the limitations is starting with zero, then subtracting. It's much harder to imagine negative dollars than it is to imagine a pile of cash with a bit of it taken away.
- lkozma 16y agoSure, I agree, I didn't say it was a good way to present things, just that it might have something to do with how programmers think.