I guess part of the problem is that our brains tend to use the authority of who says what to validate the opinion. We need to switch our brains to focus on wha

I guess part of the problem is that our brains tend to use the authority of who says what to validate the opinion. We need to switch our brains to focus on what is being said instead and a lot of people have a problem with this. When there's no way to define the authority of who is saying it, the authority is transferred to the subject instead, in this case "Hacker News". People will have a tendency to flock on the authority represented now by the subject. (BTW, in my experience HN is the best place i know where "whats being said" is more important and have an authority on its own, and the reason why i keep coming back here)