> It pains me to see something like this in a highly up-voted comment. The point about businesses never preparing for disaster is a good one, and one does not n

> It pains me to see something like this in a highly up-voted comment. The point about businesses never preparing for disaster is a good one, and one does not need to imply a party's voters are the scum of the earth to make it. Adding such flamebait does not strengthen the point being made. HN, like the rest of the internet and greater overall world, is losing its grasp on reality. Considering the average quality and truthfulness of reporting and public discourse, I don't think one should really be all that surprised. I have pointed this out to @dang a few times but he seems to be unable to see what I am talking about. I mean think about it guys - HN is overwhelming populated by tech folks, for whom disciplined, logical thinking is practically second nature due to decades of practice. And yet...look at the actual content of people's comments. We are ~all smart and logical, yet if a hyper-intelligent alien with zero context was to observe this discussion, would they not come away thinking that human consciousness runs on some sort of weird reality that is not consistent for all people, despite reality itself being right in front of our eyes? How is it possible that this is happening? What is going on here? This whole situation stopped making any sense to me a long time ago...am I the only one that feels like they may be literally going insane?