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    This chapter introduces the concepts of the mechanistic myth and the mechanistic software myth, comparing modern beliefs about software to primitive beliefs. It analyzes how software is often viewed in a mechanistic way and treated as if it has magical or powerful properties, rather than recognizing its human origins and limitations.

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    This chapter introduces the concepts of the mechanistic myth and the mechanistic software myth, comparing modern beliefs about software to primitive beliefs. It analyzes how software is often viewed in a mechanistic way and treated as if it has magical or powerful properties, rather than recognizing its human origins and limitations.

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    Introduction: Belief and Software

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    This chapter introduces the concepts of the mechanistic myth and the mechanistic software myth, comparing modern beliefs about software to primitive beliefs. It analyzes how software is often viewed in a mechanistic way and treated as if it has magical or powerful properties, rather than recognizing its human origins and limitations.

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    Introduction: Belief and Software

    this introductory chapter we concentrate on their human aspects.


    This chapter is an introduction to the mechanistic myth and the mechanistic
    software myth, and an analysis of the similarity of mechanistic software beliefs
    to primitive beliefs.
    Modern Myths
    The Mechanistic Myth
    The Software Myth
    Anthropology and Software
    Software Magic
    Software Power

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