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> I like Spolsky's articles but I hate the dogmatic culture a writer like him creates. But without creating that dogmatic culture, would his writing have becom
by kbenson 8y ago
> I like Spolsky's articles but I hate the dogmatic culture a writer like him creates.
But without creating that dogmatic culture, would his writing have become popular enough to be disseminated to a wide audience?
Perhaps we should think of it as a corollary to the Gell-Mann amnesia effect.[1]
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gell-Mann_amnesia_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gell-Mann_amnesia_effect
- ryanackley 8y ago> without creating that dogmatic culture, would his writing have become popular enough to be disseminated to a wide audience Personally, I think you have the cause and effect switched around. Would his opinions be considered dogmatic if he weren't so popular?