No evaluation finding will convince a bad programme developer that their programme does not work and has no chance of ever working. At most, you may drive them to write a dozen poorly argued articles about epistemology.
With apologies to Asher Peres (2002, p. 45):
“No experimental evidence will convince a bad theorist that his statistical predictions are wrong. At most, you may drive him to bankruptcy if he is serious about betting.”
References
Peres, A. (2002). Quantum theory: concepts and methods. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Suggested citation: Fugard, A. (2024, November 16). No evaluation finding will convince a bad programme developer that their programme does not work [blog post]. https://andifugard.info/no-evaluation-finding-will-convince-a-bad-programme-developer-that-their-programme-does-not-work/
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