Very useful - thanks! I don't want to downvote. I want to know why my comments get downvoted! How does one get that superpower? Because it absolutely seems

Very useful - thanks! I don't want to downvote. I want to know why my comments get downvoted! How does one get that superpower? Because it absolutely seems that I bump into some sort of consensus thinking. I mean, I've been posting in the last months pretty regularly, I'm posting my genuine arguments and positions, that I have come to over years, and I can support. I think they are interesting ideas - or at least they are authentic. And yet 4 months in, I'm currently at 26 points, having scaled the heady heights of 35 points! Jeez, this seems to be a tough audience for people who I think should be open to interesting, unusual and perhaps challenging ideas! > Try to avoid political threads. Each one has his/her opinion and wants to downvote any alternative. Believe it or not, I don't think I'm political. I think I have a philosophical position. I really don't care about left or right. My philosophical position is of a skeptical bent. But, yep, this is misinterpreted as being political. Cheers.