Talk:Law of the instrument

How verbose do you have to be?!?

A golden hammer is ironic because such a hammer wouldn't work any better than an iron one.--Aufidius 23:18, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Actually it's even more ironic since a golden hammer would work worse than an iron or steel one, since gold is a softer metal. Kode 20:49, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Actually it does exists lead hammers with a specific purpose. So I dont see the iron-y. :) Why gold is not used one can figure easely. - A. Svensson

Is it possible the phrase is also a pun on "silver bullet"? David McCabe 07:54, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Does the link to Microsoft really belong here, if there is a good reason it needs some sort of explanation. Hydraton31 20:31, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

I understand the reference of a link to M$, even if it is not really NPOV. It certainly is true. (before this starts an OS war, I am on a Windows system now, and only own windows systems.)

What is the point of this article, what is it about exactly, and where are the references--195.248.106.35 19:42, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

sorry, prevous comment was by me: --Rory 19:43, 6 August 2007 (UTC), i forgot to log in

"as gold is a relatively soft and heavy metal" makes no sense - softness can be desirable, and heaviness usually is, in a hammer material. I think it's more important that gold is no better than cheaper materials like lead. It's not "useless". 129.97.79.144 20:26, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Gold is not just "relatively soft": it's possibly the most malluable metal in existance. You don't want to put dents in your hammer ever time you swing it; it will deform so quickly as to rapidly become useless. It's worse than steel by orders of magnitude; and costs orders of maginitude more money.