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It's a personality type / disorder (pick your poison). There's no hope for change. Programming seems to attract such people, because they are fixated on being r

It's a personality type / disorder (pick your poison). There's no hope for change. Programming seems to attract such people, because they are fixated on being right and proving that they are right. I know a few more examples. My common sense policy is - if the software these types produce works for me, I will be using it, but I will never allow myself to be dependent on it. That kind of person will gladly burn their own house to the ground, with everyone in it, if that's what's required to prove their truths or maintain some kind of intellectual purity.

1attice 6mo ago
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- throw4847285 6mo ago
  One common personality disorder I see is being extremely defensive when encountering any discussion of human psychology. This comes from a deep psychological fragility. Classic OAD (Obvious Asshole Disorder)
  - 1attice 6mo ago
    You couldn't even bother to google an actual disorder! Bah, you insult me :)
  - u8080 6mo ago
    >being extremely defensive when encountering any discussion of human psychology You just have paranoidal schizophrenia and attributing imaginable things to random people you don't like.
- neonstatic 6mo ago
  Ok, but what I'd be wrong about here? I'm not even claiming that the person in the article is that way. I don't know enough about them. I have noticed a certain trend, however, and that's what I was noting.
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