Every scientist has a personal taste; topics and disciplines they consider worthy of teaching, studying, and developing. (1/N)
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I think this is an internal aesthetic sense and not due to external factors such as "real-world" relevance, practicability, or impact (2/N)
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Different scientists acknowledge the influence of personal preference to differing degrees. Mathematicians tend to be more aware of it (3/N)
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With several notable exceptions, a lot of computer scientists confuse their aesthetic sensibilities with universal truth (4/N)
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This kind of absolutism has rubbed off on programming communities in a really toxic way. (5/6)
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Both the Haskell community and those with irrational distaste for types or FP share this toxicity. (6/6)
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I wonder what toxicologists have to say about that.
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