Monday 20 December 2010

Fan Boys

1. What is a Fanboy
A Fanboy is someone that holds one particular thing be it a manufacturer, programming language or producer in high regard to the exclusion of all other alternatives without a logical justifiable and measurable reason.

2. Why I dislike Fanboys
I am a scientist by heart and a software developer by profession, this makes analysis my bible and the search for explanation my pilgrimage. Fanboys seek to get in the way of this quest for no obvious reason other than lack of interest in intellectual discovery and experimentation, this to me makes them unworthy of sentience.

The reason I make this seemingly harsh conclusion is that the thing separating us from beasts (I say the thing although there are many) is our ability and intonation towards discovery of facts based upon previously acquired knowledge in the same manner, rather than surviving on our instincts as beasts do we improve upon past breeds by education and investigation.

This is at odds with the fanboys stymied regards for investigation.
 
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