
slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Multiple times since @heydon's epic React video dropped, I've had conversations that have bottomed out at *"yeah, well, lots of people choose React, so it must be popular for a reason"*.
This is true! It can be popular for *many* reasons! Nothing about this acknowledgement requires stipulating that those reasons be *good* or based on complete information.
If Eugene Fama can acknowledge that Efficient Markets don't actually exist, so can you.