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Classic HN baiting; I predict the comments will be over 50% meta-commentary about the title's inaccuracy and possibly something about the principle of highlight
by EliRivers 7y ago
Classic HN baiting; I predict the comments will be over 50% meta-commentary about the title's inaccuracy and possibly something about the principle of highlighting female mathematicians, a sizeable chunk on suggestions for female mathematicians with a larger impact, and very little about Geiringer, her mathematics and her legacy...
- fzeroracer 7y agoIt's incredibly unfortunate that you're correct, but I'm also not surprised. Topics like these on HN inevitability devolve into complaints about the media or attempting to divert discussion into something entirely different (like missed male geniuses). Nevermind the pun people missed in the article title as they immediately jumped to attempt to discredit the entire thing.