It doesn't matter how good the underlying idea is, a dogma is always bad. Because ideas are highly unlikely to be universally correct, no matter how good they

It doesn't matter how good the underlying idea is, a dogma is always bad. Because ideas are highly unlikely to be universally correct, no matter how good they are. Even if an idea is supported by all available evidence, it MUST subject itself to scrutiny and possible falsification, all the time. A dogma flies in the face of that. It is, by definition "any belief held unquestioningly and with undefended certainty" (quote from wikipedia). Once people follow an idea dogmatically, they are very likely to apply that idea no matter if it makes sense or not. They stop following logic and start following scripture. It is bad enough if this happens in science, where we really do have systems so far supported by all available evidence. But it becomes a lot worse in areas like software development, where we know there isn't "the one" true way of doing things. And to head off one likely reply to this: Yes, I apply this logic also to the assumption that "dogmas are always bad". If someone could present proof showcasing a dogma that only has good outcomes, with no negatives attached, then I am willing to change my mind on this.