https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27497207 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27497207 'dang says: > All: please don't post shallow, reflexive reactions

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27497207 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27497207 'dang says: > All: please don't post shallow, reflexive reactions to a story like this, even if you're sure you're right. Such reactions are 100% predictable (e.g. see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27497174 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27497174), and predictability hurts more than rightness helps [0]. Predictable discussions are tedious and invariably lead to worse—for example, tedious discussions turn nasty because that's the only thing the mind has left to amuse itself with [1]. Edit: I saw that your post got fully flagged during the time it took me to copy/paste this from a previous post I made. I didn't downvote you or flag you, but other people may have based on this guideline.