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I literally do this for a living. You fundamentally misunderstand the principle you're trying to apply. This is HN, not StackOverflow. I encourage you to act i
by torstenvl 3y ago
I literally do this for a living. You fundamentally misunderstand the principle you're trying to apply.
This is HN, not StackOverflow. I encourage you to act in the spirit of intellectual curiosity instead of being self-satisfied with misguided attempts at language lawyering.
- lisper 3y ago> I literally do this for a living. Is that supposed to impress me? Some people do feng shui for a living, or sell homeopathic remedies. Just because someone does something for a living doesn't mean it has any merit. The world is chock-full of wealthy charlatans.
- torstenvl 3y agoYou are entitled to your opinion that effective communication has no merit. That reflects more on you than it does on me. In any case, your opinions about specific methodologies in fields toward which you are outright dismissive... are of extremely limited value.
- lisper 3y ago> effective communication has no merit Effective by what standard? The titular quip is very effective click bait, and if you make your living attracting clicks then I suppose that has merit. But it fails abysmally by the standard of transmitting information clearly (which is made all the more ironic by the fact that it doesn't even follow the guidelines described in the article). Attracting clicks and communicating clearly are fundamentally at odds because the whole point of click bait is to withhold the relevant information so that you have to click to find it. So you really do have to choose a side.
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