Shorts
- “I’m okay with whatever you believe, as long you believe it because you think it’s right — not because someone else told you it’s right.”
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Why is the popular belief that Macs are just good for audio/video or generally media related stuff? Some of the most popular and respected developers on the Web today use a Mac, and dare I say swear by it. The tools available for programmers and developers on a Mac are far superior to what is available on Windows, e.g. TextMate and Xcode among others — there are just too many under different topics for me to begin listing here.
I hate “popular” beliefs, and absolutely loathe people who state them to make an argument. And just for the record, I’ve never used the “Mac has no viruses” argument to defend my stance.
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The elegance of the scientific way, is that everything is a theory unless proven otherwise (by scientific means). There is place for belief here as well, but one that nobody takes as fact, which is exactly how beliefs should be treated. If you think something might exist or be the reason, you can state your theory and everyone will listen ambivalently. The scientific way promotes exploration, and it makes us search for a reason rather than take comfort in non-answers.
And the best thing is, everything can be challenged, and there is a survival of the fittest theory sort of thing. There is choice, and the freedom to choose. Funny how religion, which believes in a God that gave us free will, looks down upon people who choose to challenge the religions beliefs.
