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[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago

It's a mantra about teaching people and then expecting them to forget it. Doesn't work. They'll default to what they already know.

My freshman English teacher got married in October and I called her by her maiden name the entire year.

Like all programming mantras, it's not universally true, but it's annoyingly reliable. It reflects the shape of the human brain.