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  • I wonder why that concept seems to elude so many programmers. (Actually, typing that sentence embarrasses me. So many programmers are lousy communicators, it shouldn't surprise me.)

    The problem is that smart people tend to overestimate in what ways they are smart. I've run into countless programmers and scientists who, for example, think they really understand politics just because they listen to NPR, although they couldn't even tell you what "cloture" means. And don't even get me started on scientists who think they understand philosophy just because they can wax poetic about stem cells.

    That's not to say that you can't be smart in more than one area. But being smart in one area do

    • Well, and just because Larry is a linguist doesn't mean he really understands how people communicate either. He doesn't communicate often or well when he does. It's like saying Longfellow was a great communicator. Larry is too pleased with his own sense of obtuseness to be that in tune with how real people communicate every day in the land of real people. There are engineers...and then there are the people who know how shit works and make it all run, like plumbers and electricians. :)

      • Well, and just because Larry is a linguist doesn't mean he really understands how people communicate either.

        I never claimed that linguists "really understand", merely that I think they're better at understanding language than are programmers. You can't have a gross generalization without either a little disgust or 144 subjects.

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