Note how many upvotes this article has, and how long it has been on the front of HN. How many people have skimmed the the headlines and had this assertion regi

Note how many upvotes this article has, and how long it has been on the front of HN. How many people have skimmed the the headlines and had this assertion register semi-consciously as a fact, whether or not they even looked at the article or comments. Misinformation noise.