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The idea of heresy as a path to being right shows up many times in Graham's work, but he adheres so closely to software heterodoxy throughout his essays. - Pro

The idea of heresy as a path to being right shows up many times in Graham's work, but he adheres so closely to software heterodoxy throughout his essays. - Programming language of choice being a huge deal - Taking it as obvious that the supernatural is fiction - Assuming smartness is a crucial ingredient for success I could probably come up with more, but that'll do for now.

mcguire 7y ago
You have to be heretical correctly.
- NateEag 7y ago
  At which point it was the correctness that mattered, not the heresy.
  - lmm 7y ago
    No, you can't beat the averages with things that are correct but mainstream. You need both.
olooney 7y ago
Did you mean, "adheres so closely to software orthodoxy?" I only ask because it's hard to see how one could "adhere" to heterodoxy and your use of the word "but" suggests you're setting up a contrast with heresy.
- NateEag 7y ago
  Apparently I did. I had a functioning vocabulary once, but it seems to have failed hard with the advent of small children.