The classical HN analysis: axiomatically derived from premises that seem intuitively true but are empirically false

(written by lawrence krubner, however indented passages are often quotes). You can contact lawrence at: lawrence@krubner.com

This sums it up:

tptacek :

I worry that this is the classical HN analysis: axiomatically derived from premises that seem intuitively true but are empirically false.

Actually true of much of the tech world, a deep and abiding distrust of experience; an unwillingness to confront those moments when lived reality contradicts theory, a willingness to take the side of theory and insist that reality must be wrong.

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