I usually skim the article first and then come back to the comments for insight and clarity, especially when the subject is over my head. I am often amazed by

I usually skim the article first and then come back to the comments for insight and clarity, especially when the subject is over my head. I am often amazed by the discussions I read here. The depth of knowledge and understanding of often very complex subjects is really quite impressive here. So is the arrogance sometimes. But that's common on the internet and I've learned to try and find value if it's there and ignore the hubris. For the most part I see less of that here than is common elsewhere. "Down voting" probably does a lot to discourage that.