It doesn't seem to me like the comment section is weird at all. This is kind of a perfect object lesson on pitfalls of writing a persuasive blogpost. Basically

It doesn't seem to me like the comment section is weird at all. This is kind of a perfect object lesson on pitfalls of writing a persuasive blogpost. Basically, if you want to argue for a somewhat controversial conclusion, you shouldn't back it up with even more controversial and unsupported (or weakly supported) premises. Particularly if "even more controversial" means "in disagreement with the vast majority of your industry."