It seems oddly defensive for Paul Snively to interpret Stephen Kell's "Seven Sins" essay as being mostly about his (and Amanda Laucher's) Strange Loop talk – su

It seems oddly defensive for Paul Snively to interpret Stephen Kell's "Seven Sins" essay as being mostly about his (and Amanda Laucher's) Strange Loop talk – sure, their talk was mentioned as an example in passing (along with another talk about Rust), but in no way is the essay specifically about their talk. The seven sins essay addresses the entire discourse about static and dynamic typing; whether one particular talk exhibits a particular "sin" or not doesn't mean there's not a real problem.