I'm a strong advocate of pairing, which probably stems from the fact that I was actually pairing when I found out about the practice! Now, I could delve into the social aspects and quote Laurie Williams' research or even show that the US Air Force was using Pair Programming 35 years ago, but I won't.
Instead, I will point to the most compelling argument in favour of Pair Programming that I have seen in almost 10 years in the Agile world. This argument is provided by Corey Haines:

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I love it! Thanks. Some people ask why I went on the pair-programming tour. I've given a lot of answers, but this really was first and foremost in my mind. :)
Haha, nice build-up!
And, seriously, how can you cal yourself a developer if you don't like pandas?
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