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Sort of, but it's Eric Raymond's fallacy, which should be given as little weight as everything else he proclaims. It's also generally wrong in science, speaking
by gnufx 4y ago
Sort of, but it's Eric Raymond's fallacy, which should be given as little weight as everything else he proclaims. It's also generally wrong in science, speaking from experience in experimental physics.
- btrettel 4y agoI strongly agree that it's wrong in science based on my experience in fluid dynamics. Some things that are easily demonstrated to be wrong have high citations. I've speculated before that peer review might contribute to Linus's law being false in science, because many people do seem to figure "It's already been checked, I don't need to do any checks of my own": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22290907 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22290907