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"HN comments are terrible. On any topic I’m informed about, the vast majority of comments are pretty clearly wrong." From https://danluu.com/hn-comments/ https

• georgeecollins 5y ago
  All true, but in both cases I control what I look at. I am the filter. If I waste my time or learn the wrong things, it is on me.
• city41 5y ago
  But if you keep reading he then makes the argument that despite that, there's still quality content to be found and gives some nice examples.
• randomdata 5y ago
  Stands to reason. The purpose of commenting is to be wrong, so that someone will correct you, allowing you to learn more about the subject matter. Cunningham's Law. If you are well versed in a topic there is no reason to talk about it. You are already well versed in it and gain nothing from discussing it further.
• TremendousJudge 5y ago
  The Gell-Mann amnesia effect: "...In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story, and then turn the page to national or international affairs, and read as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about Palestine than the baloney you just read. You turn the page, and forget what you know." https://www.epsilontheory.com/gell-mann-amnesia/ https://www.epsilontheory.com/gell-mann-amnesia/