It’s curious how software developers struggle with logic when applied to real world situations.
Example:
- Black lives matter
- No, all lives matter
Was there an “only” in the original statement? No. Then why are you arguing? You can’t have it both ways; either you agree that Black lives matter, or you don’t really think that all lives matter.
- Black lives matter
- No, all lives matter
Was there an “only” in the original statement? No. Then why are you arguing? You can’t have it both ways; either you agree that Black lives matter, or you don’t really think that all lives matter.
Another example:
- Police are doing bad things
- No, rioters do bad things too
Did the first statement include the word “only”? No. Then how is the second statement supposed to be an argument against the first one?
- Police are doing bad things
- No, rioters do bad things too
Did the first statement include the word “only”? No. Then how is the second statement supposed to be an argument against the first one?
“I’m apolitical”
Your code is useless if your users are dead.
Your code is useless if your users are dead.
Software developers:
“I don’t care what happens in another country, my country doesn’t have these problems”
Same exact people:
“Countries are outdated, the digital world has no boundaries”
“I don’t care what happens in another country, my country doesn’t have these problems”
Same exact people:
“Countries are outdated, the digital world has no boundaries”
For each tweet, as its number of replies approaches infinity, the probability of a reply illustrating that tweet’s very point approaches one
