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I'd like to see a new feature on Hacker News that attaches a [citation needed] to all economic posts. We are actually getting more income from foreign countries
by cynicalkane 16y ago
I'd like to see a new feature on Hacker News that attaches a [citation needed] to all economic posts. We are actually getting more income from foreign countries than they are getting from us: http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/TableView.asp?SelectedTable=43&FirstYear=2002&LastYear=2004&Freq=Qtr http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/TableView.asp?SelectedTa... .
- chc 16y agoI hope you aren't suggesting my comment needs a citation, since it was merely making a claim of possibility. The parent of my comment looked at some data and drew a conclusion, and I was replying that the data could lend itself just as well to other interpretations and thus we can't draw such a strong conclusion. Hence the repeated use of the word "or" rather than "THESE ARE THE FACTS AND I AM A LEADING ECONOMIST SO YOU BELIEVE THIS IS ALL TRUE."
- gdfaklgklfa 16y agoYes, yes we know. You are an amateur who knows absolutely nothing about the topic, has no education, done no study, and knows none of the facts. Despite this, you're arrogant enough to believe that the senseless bullshit that spews out of your ignorant mind is so important that hundreds of people should spend time reading it. Fuck off to your mom's basement. Arrogant twits like you have ruined HN. If you don't know anything, you don't know anything. There's no shame in not being an expert on everything.