Its because no one feels they can just log in to say "omg that is so amazing and the people who built it are smarter than me". Instead HN rewards comments that

Its because no one feels they can just log in to say "omg that is so amazing and the people who built it are smarter than me". Instead HN rewards comments that qualify every achievement with an IF, AND or BUT, or even worse: PFFFT. Dear HN, you have permission to not be the smartest person in the room. Its actually liberating. To the people at DARPA who built this - amazing! You are much smarter than me.