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0 pointsrvnx2y ago0 comments

Some people are so dazzled by singing and dancing skills, that they consider their singer to be a hero and a nice guy.

Similarly, Stallman's coding expertise can sometimes overshadow any potential shortcomings in the non-IT subjects.

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Personally, I'm dazzled by Stallman's singing and dancing skills.

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Also by his uncanny tendency to be proven correct in matters concerning software freedom. His coding expertise are tertiary at most. Honestly, I never see people praise RMS's coding expertise, where are you even getting that idea from? I don't think you get it why people like RMS.

rvnxOP2y ago

You just pinpointed the problem.

He is good at one domain, and then by cognitive bias people think he is right on everything.

It’s not true at all, and I think you have to take a bit of distance with glorifying IT personalities.

Like Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Stallman, and many others (especially in the VC world) it’s important to take them with a grain of salt, and not accept them as perfect nice guys because they have money (Musk) or influence (Stallman).

Otherwise they can spread dangerous ideas that normally should 100% be challenged, but that are not, due to blind acceptance.

mcpackieh2y ago

> He is good at one domain, and then by cognitive bias people think he is right on everything.

You really don't get it at all. You're out of touch. People think that Stallman is right about one thing only, software freedom, and think he's out of touch with virtually everything else.

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mcpackieh2y ago

Personally, I'm dazzled by Stallman's singing and dancing skills.

Join us now and share the software,

You'lll be free, hackers, you'll be freee

rvnxOP2y ago

You just pinpointed the problem.

He is good at one domain, and then by cognitive bias people think he is right on everything.

It’s not true at all, and I think you have to take a bit of distance with glorifying IT personalities.

Otherwise they can spread dangerous ideas that normally should 100% be challenged, but that are not, due to blind acceptance.

mcpackieh2y ago

> He is good at one domain, and then by cognitive bias people think he is right on everything.

You really don't get it at all. You're out of touch. People think that Stallman is right about one thing only, software freedom, and think he's out of touch with virtually everything else.

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j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse