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Superiority is a pretty loaded word. I wouldn't call athletes "physically superior" either. That kind of supremacist talk is looked askance upon, for good reas
by samatman 6y ago
Superiority is a pretty loaded word.
I wouldn't call athletes "physically superior" either. That kind of supremacist talk is looked askance upon, for good reason.
But they're definitely faster/more coordinated/stronger than average, pretty much by definition. They can be proud of that.
Computer programmers are also smarter than average. If they weren't, they wouldn't stick around. It's not physics or higher maths; I figure anyone above the 80th percentile can do a good job of it, and some people in 60-80th can get the hang if it, but will probably never be great.
That's just the way it is. Phrasing it as being intellectually superior to the rest of humanity, that's just your hangup.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y agoI disagree. I would say that the vast majority of programmers, myself included, are pretty average intellectually. The idea that we're solving huge complicated problems never before seen by humanity is pure masturbatory fantasy. We're just writing instructions for machines to interpret, and the only reason we're good at it is that we've invested the time to learn, and the only reason we did that is because it was something that held our interest. That is all that separates us from non-programmers.