I don't know if improving education and encouraging critical thinking is actually the silver bullet one may hope it is. HN considers itself a cohort with signif

I don't know if improving education and encouraging critical thinking is actually the silver bullet one may hope it is. HN considers itself a cohort with significantly more critical thinking ability, but it will make wide and unsubstantiated, highly upvoted comments whenever a political subject comes up involving censorship, hallucinogens, systemic oppression, or unions. Of course, HN is also an invaluable resource when it comes to tech and sometimes other STEM subjects. It's just significantly less valuable for areas completely outside of it. I wouldn't trust HN as a neutral or critically thinking source for, say, the usefulness (or lack of usefulness) of gender studies.