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Iatrogenesis is everywhere! Medicine, engineering, economics, politics, etc.

• impish9208 9mo ago
  I didn’t know this concept had a name, so thanks for that. Now I have a fancy sounding term to tell my manager why I won’t touch that ugly EnterpriseJavaBeans codebase and that we need to rewrite it from scratch.
  • moralestapia 9mo ago
    That's not what Iatrogenesis means, though ... Unless you plan to give medicine to your code.
    • TaupeRanger 9mo ago
      “That’s not what Bug means though, unless you plan to put literal insects inside your computer”
      • moralestapia 9mo ago
        Iatro- means medicine ... Check a dictionary or something.
        • TaupeRanger 9mo ago
          “Bug” is derived from “bugge”, which means “scarecrow or goblin”. Check a dictionary or something.
          • moralestapia 9mo ago
            I never said your analogy was valid, but the opposite. Read carefully.
            • TaupeRanger 9mo ago
              The analogy is valid. Words originally used for one purpose can be used to describe analogous situations outside of the original definition. Read...anything.