What's the point of rules if you can just reason out?
Not everyone has enough knowledge that they can, so they need rules as a necessary simplification.
Because rules can turn into cargo cult dogma. There are plenty of very good reasons not to follow rules that don't fit the project at all or don't fit the project yet.
Sometimes, the reasons change, but the rules don't. That's when you get cargo-cult dogma rules.
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What's the point of rules if you can just reason out?
Not everyone has enough knowledge that they can, so they need rules as a necessary simplification.
Because rules can turn into cargo cult dogma. There are plenty of very good reasons not to follow rules that don't fit the project at all or don't fit the project yet.
Sometimes, the reasons change, but the rules don't. That's when you get cargo-cult dogma rules.