just read this http://stal.blogspot.com/2006/03/why-patterns-have-failed.html which begins the theory on the design pattern conspiracy but I believe the conspiracy goes much deeper than he realizes!
According to this EXTREMELY reputable source http://www.abovetopsecret.com/pages/acc.html the entire concept of a transistor was reverse engineered from alien technology. Perhaps the aliens WANTED us to reverse engineer it just so these “Patterns“ could take over our minds forcing us to think in abstractions while they plan our demise in concrete details!
I mean just look at this ...
I worked on the development of the personal computer in 1978 for FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology) and Simplicity Patterns, later adopted by IBM. I developed something called the "pattern creator". That's where we got the term "PC". Prior to that, I'd developed what you might call the first windowing operating system in 1975 for Citibank, and before that there were earlier versions I did for a company called Vydec.
The entire concept of a computer was created with this as the end goal its even in the common name of the computer!
We must STOP pattern usage now before the lizard people get here!