> but do you think that perhaps there could be any other reason, just any at all, that people don't see it your way?
Of course that I'm aware of that, I'm not that self-centered :)
> Once you've started explaining away why people disagree you with that kind of rhetoric, it's really hard to learn anything from them.
English is not my primary language, so I'm not 100% sure I understand what you're saying, but in case you're suggesting that I'm full of what will turn out to be empty rhetoric then of course that you have the right to your opinion.
Anyway, I find it crazy that a guy like me (I think I'm in HN's bottom bracket when it comes to programming- or CS-ability) somehow sort of "defends" a guy like Alan Kay. I'm only doing it for the energy, the passion, the whatever-you-want-to-call-it that always gets to me when I'm reading Alan Kay's interviews. I agree it's something subjective.
Once you've started explaining away why people disagree you with that kind of rhetoric, it's really hard to learn anything from them.