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A tweet saying "When men refer to themselves as "alpha males", I hear that int he context of software, where alpha versions are unstable, missing importand features, filled with flaws and not fit for the public.
this post was submitted on 28 Apr 2025
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Quite reasonable given that the animal behavior researchers recanted on the wolf research that led to a mistaken usage of the terms alpha and beta. Turns out they were just looking at adult wolves and labeling them alpha, and juvenile wolves and labeling those beta.
The person who published that paper has spent so much of his life trying to inform people that it is flawed.
And so many of the "how do you know what the author meant?" "I AM THE AUTHOR!"