If you are genuinely interested in the psychology that leads to us basing decisions on faulty assumptions, I recommend reading Robert B. Cialdini's "Influence"[0]. It's a small part of the book, but worthwhile nonetheless. It describes some faulty assumptions arising from using "shortcuts" which usually pay off, but can sometimes be fooled. Like a mother bird whose chick's calls are usually coming from their chicks, it's usually a good idea to feed them. It isn't so good when a cuckoo evicts one of the chicks and steals its intended food by mimicking its calls.
Often, verifying assumptions takes longer than is prudent. Perhaps developers have arrived at faulty assumptions regarding Spring because verifying otherwise, by direct experience, is too costly, for whatever reason. Anyway, enough of that boring stuff, I'll let you get back to launching personal attacks ;-) ~ Graham [0] http://www.amazon.co.uk/Influence-Practice-Robert-B-Cialdini/dp/0321011473/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361315391&sr=1-4 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
