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> Because it appears very few other people have any (either way)

If there is no evidence either way, yet every other developer raves about types all the time (the way "connaisseurs" rave about fine wine and expensive scotch despite being unable to objectively tell the difference), doesn't it follow that types are overrated?

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Wow. Way to bias the discussion by segueing into to wine and/or whisky! We're not discussing neither wine nor whisky, so... maybe you'll dispense with the hyperbole?

What is your actual point and what is your evidence?

That's the point. Here is further discussion of this: http://blog.metaobject.com/2014/06/the-safyness-of-static-ty...

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