Actually, I think thats exactly the problem. There is a general perception based on anecdotal experience, followed by a non rigorous 'scientific' data 'experime

Actually, I think thats exactly the problem. There is a general perception based on anecdotal experience, followed by a non rigorous 'scientific' data 'experiment', followed by analysis of results which throws out all the data which disagrees with the original perception. Look at the actual results, they dont really show a strong correlation with 'common experience amound developers',