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There's a lot of anti-nuclear sentiment on HN. Anyone that's in favour of it seems to always get downvoted.
by DrBazza 6y ago
There's a lot of anti-nuclear sentiment on HN. Anyone that's in favour of it seems to always get downvoted.
- notacoward 6y agoIs that due to a high prevalence of anti-nuclear sentiment, or due to a high prevalence of enthusiastic, dismissive, and possibly inauthentic pro-nuclear sentiment? Either could explain the observed effect. There are plenty of pro-nuclear comments that aren't being downvoted. I suggest you consider that others are for reasons beyond their basic premise.
- DrBazza 6y agoIt's probably nothing more than "science don't care what you believe". There's a lot of nuance lost in writing plain text on the Internet vs. having a physical conversation with one. Few people, if any, have ever been convinced to change their view point based on Internet discussion. People mostly choose their beliefs regardless of facts or science.
- pfdietz 6y agoThere's a lot of aggressively clueless pro-nuclear sentiment. It gets downvoted because of the cluelessness, not because it's pro-nuclear. One does wonder why the pro-nuclear arguments are so often so egregiously flawed. It's almost as if good arguments for nuclear are difficult to find.