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> This belief that programming ability fits into a bi-modal distribution (i.e. U-shaped) is both "dangerous and a myth". This myth sets up a world where you can
by golemotron 12y ago
> This belief that programming ability fits into a bi-modal distribution (i.e. U-shaped) is both "dangerous and a myth". This myth sets up a world where you can only program if you are a rock star or a ninja. It is actively harmful in that is keeping people from learning programming, driving people out of programming, and it is preventing "most of the growth and the improvement we'd like to see", he said to a big round of applause.
How does he know that bi-modality is not true? These are questions we should ask and study rather than things we should just assume are myths. Ignorance is not the answer.
- leni536 12y agoEspecially if one don't even define what is the exact quantity measured. IQ is a normal distribution by definition, (IQ-100)^(1/3) is "bi-modal", it's just a simple transformation and both quantity correlates (supposedly) with the vague term "intelligence". The question is not in bi-modality though, it's whether you can go from the left side to the right or the middle over time or you should have been born as a rock star.