Comments on: Theory P and Theory D http://blog.james-carr.org/2007/07/15/theory-p-and-theory-d/ Rants and Musings of an Agile Developer Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:54:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Reg Braithwaite http://blog.james-carr.org/2007/07/15/theory-p-and-theory-d/#comment-26231 Reg Braithwaite Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:21:45 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=88#comment-26231 I agree that the linked post is typical of "that guy." Any post about the beliefs and behaviours of humans in a social setting is necessarily a simplification. The point of such simplification sis to provide useful strategies for making our own choices. Some simplifications are oversimplifications: they ignore crucial elements that are necessary to understand in order to make good choices. I encourage everyone who believes the linked post is an "oversimplification" to elaborate, to correct, to provide critical feedback. This would be helpful for everyone. To simply say that it is an oversimplification... can I say it oversimplifies a critique? I agree that the linked post is typical of “that guy.”

Any post about the beliefs and behaviours of humans in a social setting is necessarily a simplification. The point of such simplification sis to provide useful strategies for making our own choices.

Some simplifications are oversimplifications: they ignore crucial elements that are necessary to understand in order to make good choices.

I encourage everyone who believes the linked post is an “oversimplification” to elaborate, to correct, to provide critical feedback. This would be helpful for everyone. To simply say that it is an oversimplification… can I say it oversimplifies a critique?

]]> By: James Carr http://blog.james-carr.org/2007/07/15/theory-p-and-theory-d/#comment-26221 James Carr Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:48:39 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=88#comment-26221 Fixed. I picked the link up off a mailing list email someone had sent, which preceded the link with "via Tim Bray's blog." Just to add to my confusion I suppose. ;) Thanks, James Fixed. I picked the link up off a mailing list email someone had sent, which preceded the link with “via Tim Bray’s blog.” Just to add to my confusion I suppose. ;)

Thanks,
James

]]> By: Mikael Gueck http://blog.james-carr.org/2007/07/15/theory-p-and-theory-d/#comment-26197 Mikael Gueck Mon, 16 Jul 2007 03:44:15 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=88#comment-26197 It's not Tim Bray, it's Reginald Braithwaite, and the article is the kind of typical oversimplification that I've come to expect from that guy. It’s not Tim Bray, it’s Reginald Braithwaite, and the article is the kind of typical oversimplification that I’ve come to expect from that guy.

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