On 11/20/13 6:02 PM, Dicebot wrote:
On Thursday, 21 November 2013 at 01:45:46 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
In this context "objectively worse" means "all reasonable people would
say it's worse".
Andrei
Which is exactly hidden changing of word meaning to push own opinion
which disgusts me.
No reason to escalate.
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/objective
"not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and
representing facts; not dependent on the mind for existence; actual:"
Yah, and it's a fact that certain coding styles would not be used in
spite of them being consistent.
"opinion" pretty much annihilates "objectivity" when used in same sentence.
It does, but this is not about opinions.
If statistical opinion sounds "objective" enough for you, I may propose
to start changing laws of Physics by voting. Why would it object if all
reasonable people say so?
... and the strawman is also uncalled for.
Andrei
