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Vaniver comments on Open Thread, Jul. 27 - Aug 02, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Vaniver 27 July 2015 11:47:35PM *  3 points [-]

Spreadsheets can be reproduced and altered just as any code.

The key word missing here is inspected, which seems like the core difference to me.

I suspect that the biggest problem with spreadsheets is that they are used by amateurs.

I agree with this.