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Number of Coders In Congress To Triple (From One To Three)

Posted by samzenpus on from the small-steps dept.

jfruh writes Last weekend, Tim Berners-Lee said that the UK needs more members of parliament who can code. Well, the most recent U.S. congressional election has obliged him on this side of the Atlantic: the number of coders in Congress has tripled, with the downside being that their numbers have gone from one to three.

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  1. Re:IQ of congress by GameboyRMH · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Was just gonna say this. I know a guy who can do all kinds of coding and believes that both evolution and climate change are not real. Another who thinks the moon landing was a hoax. Apart from these tinfoil-hatters, I also know some coders who are massive douchebags and even idiots.

    Ability to code is no guarantee of good intelligence or character.

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    "When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
  2. Re:IQ of congress by GameboyRMH · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Addendum: Now that I think of it, if I had to choose between a politician who was a coder and one who wasn't a coder with no other information, I'd vote for the non-coder. Too high a percentage of the coders I know (or know of) are conspiracy nuts and/or egomaniac manchildren.

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    "When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel