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> I don't understand the negativity here

Most of the commenters are experienced programmers, and like many experienced programmers have largely lost the ability to think about things in non-binary terms.

You see this on most threads that aren't about a mostly technical subject.

I think I can still think in a non-binary way despite decades of programming but I attribute that to to getting burned out about 10 years into my career and taking a break to go to law school. Looking back at my writing before taking that break I can see that I was thinking in a very binary way.

First year law school does a really good job of breaking that.

I seriously think that some of the things from first year law school should be moved into the standard bachelor's degree program for CS, and maybe for several other STEM degrees, taught exactly the same way they are taught in law school. Maybe contracts and torts. Those are both good at building up your non-binary thinking. Heck, maybe do nearly the whole first year of law school, spread out over the 4 years of your bachelor's degree.