Fair point. Maybe I was too harsh. I do believe that people should be able to work out their ideas publicly. And perhaps it's not the author's fault that it end

Fair point. Maybe I was too harsh. I do believe that people should be able to work out their ideas publicly. And perhaps it's not the author's fault that it ended up on HN. But the again, if you visit the blog now, the piece reads: > Update: this post was the product of an exhausted mind, and as such it misused terms, wasn’t well backed-up, and was generally incoherent. I’m withdrawing it until such time as I can articulate these ideas a little more competently. I look forward to the outcome of this.