[simonw]

OK then, new analogy.

If a bunch of people say "there are no cafes in this town that serve bench on a Sunday" and then Buzz Aldrin says "I just had a great brunch in the cafe over there, here's a photo", who would you listen to?

[oulipo2]

Well sure, but... that's anecdotical evidence. It's not a formal proof, with studies, etc

Also in the age of AI this argument would be flawed precisely because that "photo" from Buzz Aldrin could be AI-generated, but that's beside the point

[Almondsetat]

Be honest: how many things do you do in your day-to-day SW tasks that have been formally proven and have studies supporting it?

[oulipo2]

That's just... not the point of that discussion?

1. Most of CS has been formally proven (that's what it's called computer science)

2. Here we were discussing someone who pretends to have "facts" and then just say "just play with it you will understand"...