03 FEB 2014 by ideonexus
Religion is More than the Supernatural
Most developers are religious about technology  It’s true.  Don’t be ashamed, you are not alone. Myself, and just about everyone else, is with you.  Some of use are recovering from our self-imposed brain washing. Others of us are blissfully unaware of our predicament. But most of us have at least one religion we’ve managed to craft ourselves.  It is perfectly natural because most programmers got into the field of software development because they were passionate about it.Â...Programmers are religious about their technology choices. What other biases are we religious about?
08 OCT 2013 by ideonexus
Evolutionary Theory Does Not Justify Greed
Human nature as it now exists was formed in accord with the laws of evolution under conditions pertaining well before recorded human history. Fossils discovered in Ethiopia and Kenya now date human ancestors back at least 5 or 6 million years. Distinctly human species arose in Africa at least 2 million years ago, while present evidence indicates that modern humans are only about 100,000 years old. Therefore the conditions relevant to which genetic mutations were advantageous and which were no...Many economic theories relying on "human nature" assume we are greedy, but this is not supported by the evidence. We might just as likely be generous and that is our evolutionary advantage.