Lots of otherwise smart people hold dumb opinions all over the map. Karma on here is really not a great badge of achievement. If I had started ten years ago,

Lots of otherwise smart people hold dumb opinions all over the map. Karma on here is really not a great badge of achievement. If I had started ten years ago, based on my current karma gain rate of talking out of my ass and posting anything interesting from my newsletter and RSS subscriptions, I could be a top 10 karma user here. It's really less a measure of performance than longevity.