> HN comments seem to have a bad tendency to dismiss interesting and potentially cool ideas out of hand (especially about anything that isn't software) by citin

> HN comments seem to have a bad tendency to dismiss interesting and potentially cool ideas out of hand (especially about anything that isn't software) by citing the first difficulty that comes to mind, without doing even a little bit of research. I agree and was just pointing out something similar in another HN discussion. It's detrimental to do the easy thing and shoot down innovations rather than the creative work of imagining the possibilities. Most of the tech people are using to post these comments, and probably most of their employers and YC members, wouldn't exist if they listened to the naysayers. It's also a waste of my time to read the noise of yet another naysayer. I thought that behavior was explicitly discouraged at HN. Sigh.