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"Reading the article, and realizing that these are probably the best arguments against A/B tests that designers can offer..." What makes you say that? Did you

• cousin_it 15y ago
  Serious answer: because I haven't seen any designer offer better arguments against A/B testing, though they often write about disliking it. If someone holds an opinion but doesn't articulate the reasons for holding it, I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. But if they try to articulate the reasons and the result is emotional and full of fallacies, I start to think that it's just rationalization and the actual reason is something else, perhaps some opaque emotional reaction that they're trying to justify instead of examining it.
  • ahoyhere 15y ago
    If you read a lot, and you probably do, you know that the vast majority of people can't express their way out of a paper box. (Especially if you read stuff written by "amateurs," such as almost all of the internet.) That doesn't mean that what they are saying is incorrect, just that they are very bad at explaining it. Ex: Most people "believe" in seasons, and evolution. But you ever try to get them to explain what makes those things WORK?