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> All of those studies have been torn apart in detail, often right here on HN.

You mean the same Hacker News where everyone was suddenly an expert in epidemiology a few years ago and now can speak with authority to geopolitics?





Except we are experts on programming, and on the development and deployment of new technologies.

"Large group of experts software engineers have informes opinions on software engineering" isn't exactly a controversial headline.


Given what the parent comment is saying, I'm now doubting if "expertise in programming" is not just LARPing too. A handful of people actually know how to do it, and the rest of commenters engage in self-aggrandizement.

> Except we are experts on programming

Which is not the same thing as being able to judge a study design.




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