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I've seen those too. I don't know if this field attracts those types, or if they're everywhere.

• planfaster 11y ago
  The ones that become jerks if you disagree with them are everywhere, especially here on HN, and they are usually authoritarians and narcissists. The authoritarian will use their downvoting powers and HN-cliqueness to censor a comment or get a moderator to detach a thread leg, and the narcissists are the ones going around calling people "misogynist", "racist", "anti-semite", etc. donatj: > So many of the worst people I know make the assumption they can never be wrong because of schooling / general overconfidence. Careful with pointing fingers. Are you sure you aren't one of those people? In my experience 99% of people assume what they learned in school can't be wrong and will defend it passionately without a hint of doubt, especially when the subject is History, and especially when it touches WW2 atrocities. Are you sure aren't one of those people who would irrationally and angrily/passionately defend what you learned in school about gassings in 1943 if someone told you some historians think what really happened has been exaggerated? In my experience most people react in an exasperated way as they lose all composure and start flinging insults. Few people have the maturity to entertain thoughts they disagree with at first in order to possibly learn from new ideas.
  • donatj 11y ago
    I generally find actual tangible evidence to support my claims, and I make no expectation of going unquestioned, lol, I think I'm good.