> you have to be able to attack systems or ideas from a ferocious point of view, seeking any weakness, without feeling that attacks on ideas are attacks on you

> you have to be able to attack systems or ideas from a ferocious point of view, seeking any weakness, without feeling that attacks on ideas are attacks on you This is how you should work in science anyways: "we tried to refute a theory, failed at that and are now forced to assume that it is valid to some degree." Does CS have a problem with that in general?