Is Lisp a lie?

I was reading this article, when I had a revelation.

http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/rewritingreddit

One assumed it must have been divine intervention, since “there seems to be no other reason for switching to an inferior language.” Another figured something else must be going on: “Could this be…a lie? To throw off competition? It’s not as though Paul Graham hasn’t hinted at this tactic in his essays…” Another chimed in: “I decided it was a prank.” Another suggested the authors simply wanted more “cut corners, hacks, and faked artisanship.”

Pay close attention to this part:

“Could this be…a lie? To throw off competition? It’s not as though Paul Graham hasn’t hinted at this tactic in his essays…”

What if all this stuff about Lisp being more productive is, itself, the big lie?

>>3
Yes, what >>1 did was to take that idea and use it in a different, hitherto unused way. It's called "creativity". I don't expect a lisper to understand.

>>1 I think that Paul Graham used Lisp propaganda to have self-selection among impressionable young males that he could brainwash into anal sex, both metaphorically, as in, unreasonable VC terms, and literally of course. Kind of like nigerian scammers purposefully make their scams ridiculous enough to avoid wasting time on insufficiently gullible marks.

With reddit, however, as you can see PG himself was taken for a ride (both metaphorically and sexually).