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		mayoi on Aug 23, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Falsehoods programmers believe about time And I'm not sure how this contradicts what I wrote.

yreg on Aug 24, 2022 [–]

Arguing about this is not productive, so sorry in advance, but just to explain myself:

me: programmers are less likely to believe this stuff than non-programmers

you: no, they are not

me: programmers are conscious that time is more complex than it seems to be, therefore they avoid holding simple beliefs regarding it

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