NISHIO Hirokazu[English][日本語]

Deteriorated copies spread

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  • If there is something of value X and an inferior copy of it is possible, then over time a degraded copy of it is made and the boundaries of concept X are expanded
  • The degraded copies reach the "Shoeshine boy" who does not actively acquire information first.
  • So Observation coverage issues lowers the value of X
  • This is Pessimistic Misconceptions, underestimating the value of X, so they don't want to read the original source of X and can't recognize the mistake

relevance - Usefulness of the classics - A good book X written by a smart person is copied all over the place by people of a later time period, degrading it. - People who can't compete on the merits of their content put their name out there as a foil, saying, "It's written in that famous X." - People who read only a degraded copy without reading the original will misunderstand and say, "What a big deal. - self-development - Self-help used to mean good. - More scammers are taking money by offering degraded copies of self-help. - As a result, more and more people see "self-help" itself in a bad light.

The big man is decent.

kmizu I don't know what you mean when you say that "there are a lot of people who promote object orientation who are kind of stinkers," but I've seen Fowler, Eric Gamma, Joshua Brock, and a lot of others. I've seen the discourse of Fowler, Eric Gamma, Joshua Block, and many others, and I think those who are considered "big names in the object-oriented field" in the English-speaking world are generally "sane. ......

  • kmizu By the way, object orientation is a methodology (or some kind of framework), and at least no sane researcher should have ever called themselves a "science". So, the perception of those who criticize it as pseudo-science is itself off.

  • Also, there seems to be an assumption among such people that if it's not science, it's worthless.

  • A series of pictures of two people saying different things


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