> they can't imagine that views which seem (to them) so wrong and dumb could possibly be coming from others in good faith. When asked about the motivations and

> they can't imagine that views which seem (to them) so wrong and dumb could possibly be coming from others in good faith. When asked about the motivations and perspective of a smuggler, Quark explained[1], "No one involved in an extra-legal activity thinks of himself as nefarious." Bad faith would apply to a "PR team" involved in some sort of premeditated, intentional fraud. That isn't necessary, and I don't believe I've seen that type of accusation. I'm sure both the posts from various known Google-employees and a hypothetical "PR team" are acting in good faith. Is there even any significant difference in what a random "true believing" engineer and a PR agent would say? Google probably hasn't ordered a team of PR specialist to post on HN, but self-motivated employees defending their business may be functionally similar. [1] DS9 s06e25 "The Sound of Her Voice"