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Re:"Programmer" is an Overgeneralization by ajuc on Monday February 06, 2012 @06:45AM (#3557078)
"Programmer is overgeneralization" is overgeneralization.

It depends on context. Some advices apply to programming in general, some are only true for some fields.

Also - in science there's much talking recently about too strict specialization, and people from different fields not speaking between themselves, not sharing their tools. I guess it's good that in programming we don't have that problem yet. And if it comes with flamewars, so be it.

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Re:"Programmer" is an Overgeneralization by kjhughes on Monday February 06, 2012 @08:12AM (#3557255)
Agreed. The world works fine with all sorts of categories, some overlapping, some with varying degrees of specificity. I see nothing special about the 'programmer' category.

Anyone interested in how categories and language relate to cognition should check out George Lakoff's "Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things".

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