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		danek on Aug 31, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lisk: Blockchain development in JavaScript This is true but a study is useless if it can't measure the thing you want. Things in programming are notoriously difficult to quantify, compared to say, stuff in physics. Perhaps it's why there are so many holy wars.

seanwilson on Aug 31, 2017 [–]

> This is true but a study is useless if it can't measure the thing you want.

This is my point really. A misleading study is worse than no study as people use it to back up their points with a false air of legitimacy.

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