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I can't stand this "Hacker supremacy" bs, and I think that Eric Raymond who you post here is where that all started. Hackers are not better at psychology than p
by bowsamic 4y ago
I can't stand this "Hacker supremacy" bs, and I think that Eric Raymond who you post here is where that all started. Hackers are not better at psychology than psychologists. I don't understand why there are these hackers who think they are better at all things (except of course, sports, the uncivilised unintellectual entertainment). I find it extremely off-putting
- psychoslave 4y agoSurely you can find supremacists in almost any professional environment as soon as it requires some praised/valued skills. I’m not sure Eric was "the start of it all", although he certainly was instrumental in broadcasting this self complaisant cultural bias – as well as many other things that could be labelled more positively. Also, without casting any general discredit on psychologists, it’s important to keep in mind that they are also humans with their own biases. Positive critic by non-professional seems more balanced than blind acceptance. Of course systematic reassessment of things that point out your own weaknesses is an other matter.