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And Hacker News! > some hidden human need/instinct to argue with people who they believe are incorrect I've said it before, I'll probably say it again: this p
by gimboland 6y ago
And Hacker News!
> some hidden human need/instinct to argue with people who they believe are incorrect
I've said it before, I'll probably say it again: this place is chock full of people just itching to tell you you're wrong and why. Don't get me wrong: obviously there's also a hell of a lot of great discussion and insightful technical knowhow being shared by real experts — but in my experience I also do have to wade through quite a lot of what feels like knee-jerk pedantry and point-scoring.
- mac01021 6y agoI, for one, wouldn't have it any other way! When I'm wrong I want it explained to me why. Even when I'm right about something controversial, I want to see the best arguments to the contrary. I don't want people to be less argumentative. I just want a higher intellectual caliber than what's generally available on facebook or twitter, and HN fits the bill reasonably well.
- downerending 6y agoIt's tricky. One has to learn how to disagree without being disagreeable. Or, get your fuck-you billions and people will start agreeing with you a lot. :-)
- mywittyname 6y agoWhen people here tell you that you're wrong, they tend to do it with style. One time I made a comment about how dividends affect stock price and someone spent like 2 hours writing a program in R to do some analysis just to prove me wrong.