Academia is (one would hope) built on a logical, provable process. The material should be peer reviewed. Ideally you can independently reproduce findings in a l

Academia is (one would hope) built on a logical, provable process. The material should be peer reviewed. Ideally you can independently reproduce findings in a lab. If not, you should absolutely scrutinize it. Martin's work is purely anecdotal, delivered with an authoritative tone. I might excuse that from a John Carmack, who built systems that changed an industry. Yet I've found Carmack's writing quite humble. Thinking of the smartest people I've worked with over my career, none of them used the rhetoric of Martin. But they all made their living building software, not selling books and corporate training.