Re:Cargo Cult Science (1974)
by blowski on Saturday December 31, 2016 @07:13AM
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It's about confusing correlation with causation.
Look at Cargo Cult Agile for example. Company X is very successful. Company X uses points to estimate tasks. Therefore, if we use points to estimate tasks, we will be successful.
Remember when everybody went crazy for Erlang because WhatsApp was written in Erlang?
Look at Cargo Cult Agile for example. Company X is very successful. Company X uses points to estimate tasks. Therefore, if we use points to estimate tasks, we will be successful.
Remember when everybody went crazy for Erlang because WhatsApp was written in Erlang?