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PKFFW,
I don't want this turn into a long winded debate because I think enough has been said already. However I think your analogies are very poor examples of what the real issue is (for me and others I suspect) and are likely to mislead newbies.
“Never do you hear a carpenter for example suggest that another carpenter is no good because they use one type of hammer over another.”
You are right, I agree. In the same way it is not likely that one trader would suggest another trader is no good because s/he uses a different broker. But a hammer is manufactured for a few purposes and one main purpose is to drive nails into wood. What would you think if someone claimed that they were a professional carpenter and said you don’t need a hammer or any other ‘mystical’ tool because a brick can be used to drive a nail into wood because it works? What about a steel pipe, a heavy shoe or the blunt end of an axe? They all “work” too don’t they? The problem with the analogy you have given is that the general public understands what a hammer is and how it should be used. However, if this wasn’t the case and a fortune could be made from carpentry, I’d say people would be writing books on how you can make money using a brick, a steel pipe a heavy shoe...etc and the public would buy them all.
“Tiger Woods will use the set of clubs produced by the company that pays him the most to use their clubs. He doesn't suggest Robert Allenby can't be a successful golfer because he chooses to use another brand of clubs”
Once again, a bad analogy. What would Tiger Woods think if Robert Allenby walked onto the golf course, tee’d up and then pulled out a hockey stick and struck the ball! The ball would move wouldn’t it? So, it works. Why all this mystical nonsense about special clubs for golf!?
Finally, the way deep understanding is scorned by some is no different to saying that there is no need to understand the tiny mystical mumbo jumbo of Quantum mechanics if all you are interested in is building something huge like an atomic bomb.
I find it truly amusing in this business just how much emphasis is placed on the tools one chooses to use. Never do you hear a carpenter for example suggest that another carpenter is no good because they use one type of hammer over another. Tiger Woods will use the set of clubs produced by the company that pays him the most to use their clubs. He doesn't suggest Robert Allenby can't be a successful golfer because he chooses to use another brand of clubs!
PKFFW,
I don't want this turn into a long winded debate because I think enough has been said already. However I think your analogies are very poor examples of what the real issue is (for me and others I suspect) and are likely to mislead newbies.
“Never do you hear a carpenter for example suggest that another carpenter is no good because they use one type of hammer over another.”
You are right, I agree. In the same way it is not likely that one trader would suggest another trader is no good because s/he uses a different broker. But a hammer is manufactured for a few purposes and one main purpose is to drive nails into wood. What would you think if someone claimed that they were a professional carpenter and said you don’t need a hammer or any other ‘mystical’ tool because a brick can be used to drive a nail into wood because it works? What about a steel pipe, a heavy shoe or the blunt end of an axe? They all “work” too don’t they? The problem with the analogy you have given is that the general public understands what a hammer is and how it should be used. However, if this wasn’t the case and a fortune could be made from carpentry, I’d say people would be writing books on how you can make money using a brick, a steel pipe a heavy shoe...etc and the public would buy them all.
“Tiger Woods will use the set of clubs produced by the company that pays him the most to use their clubs. He doesn't suggest Robert Allenby can't be a successful golfer because he chooses to use another brand of clubs”
Once again, a bad analogy. What would Tiger Woods think if Robert Allenby walked onto the golf course, tee’d up and then pulled out a hockey stick and struck the ball! The ball would move wouldn’t it? So, it works. Why all this mystical nonsense about special clubs for golf!?
Finally, the way deep understanding is scorned by some is no different to saying that there is no need to understand the tiny mystical mumbo jumbo of Quantum mechanics if all you are interested in is building something huge like an atomic bomb.