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"One of the things I love about nerd culture is how much it values evidence and checking facts." Hrm... first thing I thought of when I read this was 'language
by mgkimsal 12y ago
"One of the things I love about nerd culture is how much it values evidence and checking facts."
Hrm... first thing I thought of when I read this was 'language wars'. PHP, C#, Erlang, ColdFusion, Java, C, Ruby, Perl, D, F#, Scala, Clojure, C++, Groovy, Visual Basic - these all suck, right? But wait, they all rule, right? Which is it?
The 'values evidence' is a convenient technique to use to 'win' an argument, but often is just as emotionally-charged and arbitrary as anyone else's justifications for anything they're in favor of.