> Isn't this statement the same? You don't get into the details of who these experts are, what they like about OOP. You summarize the issue because that's what humans end up doing rather than writing a whole essay about what's so great about OOP. Also you're communicating with someone who you presume already knows the details. You're a parody of your own statements.

Yes precisely. I'm not trying to blame experts or people learning from them, I'm just describing the phenomenon, too which I am not exempt from. I'm just as much a part of it as everyone else, and I've been in both sides, the expert side, and the learner side.

I try to be more aware of it now, and tone down my statements or be more precise on the extent of my criticism, when in the expert side. And when in the learner side, I try to be more skeptical of blanket statement, and not to take everything at face value, to look for the details and read up on the nuances so I don't distort and bias my understanding.

Understanding that phenomenon explains why even if it appears as if everyone hates OOP, it is still widely spread and in use, basically because it's much more complicated then that.

I won't address the rest of your comment, because I'm actually a functional programmer in my day job, even though I've done ton of OOP prior. I prefer FP, but in reality, I prefer the convergence of good ideas which many modern languages are bringing, and for whom the ideas come from OO and FP alike.

Edit: Okay, I will address one thing. An expert in PL theory is not an expert at writing programs or at engineering business solutions that leverage the known science of computers.