The HN community is interesting in that respect and it's not only with some medical issues. As an example, any article on pesticides and modern food production

The HN community is interesting in that respect and it's not only with some medical issues. As an example, any article on pesticides and modern food production will be full of comments decrying them and claiming health/taste benefits from alternatives. As you say, the community is surprisingly unscientific. Maybe that shouldn't be surprising because most people here probably have a technical and not scientific background and by virtue of having a reasonable disposable income are also the target demographic for products based on alternative science.