I thought this was about Java and Design Patterns!
Let us assume the hypothesis: Falling victim to fashion can be detrimental to your intellectual health.
Computer Programming has been shown to be isomorphic (of the same form) to proving a logical theorem[1].
You can be a skilled computer programmer, a fashion victim, neither, but not both.[2]
[1] known as the Curry-Howard Isomorphism
[2]
Why should fewer academics believe in God than the general population? I believe it is simply a matter of the IQ. Academics have higher IQs than the general population. Several Gallup poll studies of the general population have shown that those with higher IQs tend not to believe in God. | ||
| -- Professor Emeritus Richard Lynn in an interview discussing his 2008 study published in the scientific journal Intelligence on June 24 2008 | ||