In crypto-anarchist mythos, hackers interact via deterministic, mechanical intermediary.
What a completely idiotic notion that is. Language can be used to deceive, and if the neverending freakshow of "smart contract" bugs shows anything it is that computer languages are not exempt.
Removing human judgement is exactly the point.
The Underhanded C Contest is not about human judgement.
This thread has effectively devolved to "humans will be humans" vs "we can build systems that make us better humans". I don't disagree with your jaded stance that humans will be humans. But I don't think it's idiotic to try and continually improve the systems we imagine in pursuit of higher standards for society.
My argument is that it is absolutely barmy to think that a piece of Solidity code is something like an impartial arbiter that is completely independent of the human who wrote it.
We have processes that deal with human reality. We build political parties to extend power, we have judges and parliaments, where laws are written, people enter contracts every day - the system works mostly well. Ethereum is an improvement on exactly what?
What a completely idiotic notion that is. Language can be used to deceive, and if the neverending freakshow of "smart contract" bugs shows anything it is that computer languages are not exempt.
Removing human judgement is exactly the point.
The Underhanded C Contest is not about human judgement.