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Kent Beck
Aug 29, 2023
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The last language-oriented Thinkie is contrarianism in action.

Pattern: Someone begins a sentence with, “Obviously…”

Transformation: Ask yourself what is true if they are wrong. What happens if you make the opposite assumption.

Example: “Obviously, bigger organizations [ed: I almost wrote “bitter organizations”] go slower.” Why is this the assumption? I me…

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