ETA: Maybe that’s one reason for this phenomenon: people trying to sound smart instead of trying to be smart.
Agree technically. Yes, that is one reason that our kind can’t cooperate. Of course I would reverse the connotation that our kind makes that particular mistake more than others.
My impression is that we—geekish people in general—do this a lot more than others. Uttering any generalisation seems to trigger people to respond with an exception, no matter how nugatory or irrelevant.
Agree technically. Yes, that is one reason that our kind can’t cooperate. Of course I would reverse the connotation that our kind makes that particular mistake more than others.
My impression is that we—geekish people in general—do this a lot more than others. Uttering any generalisation seems to trigger people to respond with an exception, no matter how nugatory or irrelevant.
ETA: See also Well, actually.