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by coldtea
2608 days ago
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>I agree. The post was full of appealing to authority that gives me disgust. And I do not like and use debugger. Appeals to authority as opposed to what alternative? Untested arguments? Anecdotal personal stories ("I am not going to appeal to authority, so I'll describe how I debug")? (See my answer elsewhere in the thread for why almost everything is "appeal to authority" or worse in IT anyway). |
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I guess we are implying different objectives here. To convince someone, appeal to authority might be quick effective. But I don't care about convince you or anyone. I care about reasoning. So I show you how I debug, and I say something about my reasoning behind it, and I also think I understand how someone would not work and think the same way as I do. What results I am seeking? If you find there is flaw in my reasoning, blind spots in my thinking, point/comment back to me, it is an opportunity for me to improve. If you find my reasoning makes sense, but the conclusion does not, feedback to me and I may also improve. If you fully agree with me, I may get a boost in my ego. The last one is in my instinct, but I am not sure I really want that.
I will, however, most likely argue back for the potential feedback. Only through arguing back and forth, I truly can understand the feedback and morph into a form that I can use to improve. I often do improve my reasoning even there is no conclusion for the argument yet. It is easy to gain when background and reasoning are provided. So I always provide them, hopefully who ever participates also gain.