People who disagree aren't trying to make things complex
A big part of this is that programmers have different programming worldviews.  Many people seem to be unaware that worldviews are not perfect rational easily modifiable constructions but are instead foundational structures that thinking builds upon automatically.  Programmers are about as unlikely to easily change their programming worldviews as they are to change their political beliefs.<p>Which is not to say that programming worldviews can&#x27;t change, it&#x27;s just that by their nature it takes a strong effort to change then and the changes are usually gradual over time.  Or something completely irrational changed them.  For example if a programmer needs to find a new job and the team has a different approach to programming, this social circumstance may necessitate that he adopt a new viewpoint.<p>I think that people are less rational than they think they are.  Which is not to say that they can&#x27;t be rational, it&#x27;s just that other preformed factors besides logic have a strong influence over our perspectives on a particular topic.<p>So we can certainly discuss things productively but we should be aware that people can&#x27;t change their religion easily. And no matter how smart or rational everyone has strong beliefs because that&#x27;s just how our brains operate.<p>One consequence is that when trying to have rational discussions it is necessary to try to dig in to identify all of people assumptions, since there is a good chance of of the other person&#x27;s programming beliefs may play a big role in their thinking and you may not even be aware of it.