It's like we are talking about two entirely different subjects. Let me state it as clearly as I can: - I was making absolutely no comment about whether somethi

It's like we are talking about two entirely different subjects. Let me state it as clearly as I can: - I was making absolutely no comment about whether something is true or not. - I'm not saying that what was written was incorrect. And I'm not saying "this is true but trivial". Again, I'm making absolutely zero comment about whether what was said was accurate. - My point was, if you are going to answer a question asking for advice that's 'un-intuitive or not common knowledge', making over-simplified, bland recommendations on certain subjects without citation does not answer the question and actually makes things worse. - When I said things like "where's the citation?", I wasn't actually asking for HN posters to respond to back it up. I'm not strongly opposed to, say, the reading of body language. (although it's certainly interesting to go off on a tangent and discuss some specific points - I've commented on this topic below in the discussion). - Instead I was using a rhetorical device to demonstrate that the lack of clarification and citation just further spreads unscientific 'intuitive' folklore. That people are actually providing citations to something and supporting a point actually supports my argument, do you see? If you now take this understanding and re-read your first response, you can see the whole "well I feel sorry for you" thing just doesn't jive at at all to this sub-thread of discussion.