"Hacker News Disease" has been around since USENET. Computer folks think they can figure out anything they have "good documentation" for. While their experience with Python libraries bears this out, it really doesn't extend to other fields in depth. The result: lots of physicists, chemists, astronomers, and engineers of all stripes have cause to roll their eyes at us all the time!
Example: "What if we launched an orbital rocket from a balloon? Do the math, guy, what that saves you isn't worth the effort. You're not open to my ingenious new idea!"
Example: "What if we launched an orbital rocket from a balloon? Do the math, guy, what that saves you isn't worth the effort. You're not open to my ingenious new idea!"
^_^
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=444608