Re:Cargo Cult Management
by stcredzero on Sunday June 21, 2009 @11:10PM
(#668161)
Some writers, when faced with a problem, think "I know, I'll use a cliche". Now they have two problems.
Is that "Cargo Cult Writing?"
Is this "Cargo Cult Meta-commenting?"
Nope, it's Cargo Cult Recursion. (Which is the application of the "Cargo Cult" metaphor by imitating the surface details of other such applications. We keep using those words. I do not think they mean what we think they mean.)
Is that "Cargo Cult Writing?"
Is this "Cargo Cult Meta-commenting?"
Nope, it's Cargo Cult Recursion. (Which is the application of the "Cargo Cult" metaphor by imitating the surface details of other such applications. We keep using those words. I do not think they mean what we think they mean.)