Hey Hugh!, by any means!, the more I learn, the more I realize I how little we know!
Please read the full article and you will see that this is a proposed exercise (to be done during a coding kata of your choice). This is a list of rules to follow proposed in the Thoughworks Anthology book and the idea behind is to force us think in better ways to write code.
And as I explain in the article it is not a hard list to follow on a daily basis, but to be aware of and of course decide conciously if to follow it or not.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!