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Never said it is new, and still not a reason to downvote but to discuss. Very disappointed at HN. Yeah, epigenetics, however that is not my point. My point is
by m0skit0 8y ago
Never said it is new, and still not a reason to downvote but to discuss. Very disappointed at HN.
Yeah, epigenetics, however that is not my point. My point is that the genetic pool is degrading and environment and culture are not going to fix that.
- tomhoward 8y agoPlease take this as helpful feedback rather than a rebuke: None of us are entitled to upvotes or replies on HN, or indeed on any web forum. Some people have made thoughtful replies to your comment and that's great. Others have signalled their disapproval of your comment by downvoting. Chances are it was just one or two people out of the thousands/millions who frequent this site, yet you criticise the entire community. There are good reasons why complaints about downvotes are against the guidelines [1]: they make for uninteresting reading, and the time would be better spent thinking about how to express your ideas in ways that are better received. In this case: I replied with a reason why people may have downvoted your comment on the basis that it may not be scientifically sound, but you simply dismissed that response out of hand, without providing any evidence or material from which anyone could learn anything new. Dang recently wrote a helpful comment about HN's downvoting culture [2]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19214965 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19214965