On: Steve Yegge's predictions from 2004

[intellectronica]

I wouldn't call this an ad hominem attack. You've got to be able to say that someone is wrong (even that someone is often wrong) without being considered to be attacking them personally.

[steveklabnik → intellectronica]

You can say someone is wrong, sure. That's not the issue. The issue is disregarding what someone says because of previous things they've said.

> So basically he didn't get anything but #6 (facebook) and #10 (which is more of an insider joke than a prediction) right

Okay, you're good...

> Remember this next time you read Yegge's rants.

Logical fallacy.

[intellectronica → steveklabnik]

Why logical fallacy? I didn't say "ergo Yegge is stupid" or "don't trust a word the man says". I just meant that it's worth keeping this in mind when he engages in future-telling again. FWIW I do enjoy reading his essays, even when I think they're wrong.