You are adding qualifiers to it that were not present. It's a careless, obviously mostly false claim. An idea so tenuous should need evidential support, much le

You are adding qualifiers to it that were not present. It's a careless, obviously mostly false claim. An idea so tenuous should need evidential support, much less handwaving. I don't get the feeling the author put much thought into it. The article said: "it’s the purely technical people — not the businesspeople — who get the respect in the tech industry." Simply put. Which is thoughtless nonsense that belongs in a poorly thought out livejournal post and not in a serious article in the new york times.