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What is the context for this post?

• brudgers 9y ago
  It "gratifies one's intellectual curiosity." That's the guideline for every story on Hacker News...per the guidelines linked below.
  • autopoiesis 9y ago
    Err, I'm not sure that's an answer to the question I asked. I thought there might be some context that might help me understand the paper, or any present topicality...
    • brudgers 9y ago
      Arguably, the idea of avocados producing benzene and toluene has a bit of timeless topicality because upon hearing it many people will think, "I never really thought of that." The article itself seems like the sort of thing that HN'ers might stumble upon when surfing the internet and not thinking about Hacker News. I imagine that stumbling upon the article reminded the person of Hacker News. Perhaps because it is the sort of thing that makes Hacker News Hacker News.