PhilGoetz comments on Tool ideology - Less Wrong

25 Post author: PhilGoetz 09 September 2011 10:37PM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 21 September 2011 08:13:40PM 1 point [-]

Hmm... but what do they think a few days later?

I don't know.

That is: few people are cool-headed enough to bite a bullet and lose face in the middle of an argument.

Why would they lose more face by admitting the tool did the wrong thing, than by admitting they were wrong in saying that it's better to diff against the repository? It appears their loyalty to the tool is more important to them than their beliefs.

Comment author: DSimon 22 September 2011 02:28:30PM 0 points [-]

Why would they lose more face by admitting the tool did the wrong thing, than by admitting they were wrong in saying that it's better to diff against the repository?

Because by admitting the tool did the wrong thing after they said they're a fan of the tool, that's admitting that they screwed up with their tool choice. The harder they promoted it before the problem was revealed to them, the more face can be lost.