Ways ''not'' to prove that your GoldenHammer is better: * X can be written in terms of GoldenHammer; therefore, GoldenHammer is better. Problem: TuringEquivalency is rampant. Problem-2: Being better at mirroring other techniques may not extrapolate into being better for everything. Example: Many compilers and interpreters are written in C. However, this does not mean that C is best for everything. * GoldenHammer is more "elegant". Problem: Impossible to objectively measure. * "It's the rage". Problem: You cannot vote the world flat. * It is based on a simple base or "atom" that is used to make everything else. Problem: simple parts has not been proven to always lead to simple results. (All else being equal, having simple bases is desirable, but we don't know if it is equal.) * Toy examples show GoldenHammer solving problem X in fewer steps. Problem: Example may not be representative of real-world problems or all domains. * It's better for this one little metric, and therefore it is summarily better. SovietShoeFactoryPrinciple. ** But note that it's perfectly legit to say: "It's better for this one little metric, and therefore there is this one more little bit of objective evidence that it is better". Enough such cases constitute a lot of evidence. (more to come...) ---- See also: HowToSellGoldenHammers