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> The amount of pseudoscience being peddled for attention or thrills in these threads is getting really worrying to me, I had expected something totally differe
by SECProto 7y ago
> The amount of pseudoscience being peddled for attention or thrills in these threads is getting really worrying to me, I had expected something totally different from this community. :/
I believe this is generally the case with most topics outside the standard focus of this site (which I would posit is computers generally). There tends to be a mixture of intelligent, accurate commentary, and intelligent but misled commentary (and my observers bias would further distort the separation between those two categories). It tends to get better as discussion continues, but not always.
That said, this topic is more likely to be sensationalized than most.
- OJFord 7y agoWhen you know enough about something, there's horrible misinformation on it everywhere, even on HN. But one of my favourite things about HN is the rebuttals, deep-dives, and 'well, actually's of informed commenters discussing niches I know little about.