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I saw this posted to HN by someone else, but when I went to discuss it the discuss button took me to a blank page. I discovered this article had been censored s

• ok_dad 5y ago
  Probably because it's a flame bait editorial that takes things out of context to promote a moral panic. It's not interesting to continually see this political crap on HN, and it's not going to cause a thought provoking comment section. Resubmitting an article that was flagged or dead due to whatever mechanisms occur in the background is basically spam.
  • silexia 5y ago
    If you disagree with an article, just explain why in the comments. Shutting down discussion of it does not enlighten those who may be in the wrong. I think that this article is quite valuable and relevant and cites specific examples of how groupthink is harming science and learning in universities. There's a reproducibility crisis in science and part of it is because unpopular research like negative findings or a study that can't reproduce another study don't get published. The problem gets much worse whenever you touch on any politically sensitive issues.
    • ok_dad 5y ago
      My point was that this isn't appropriate for HN, it's more appropriate for specific Reddit communities, Facebook, Twitter, or the like. Thanks for replying in a rational and polite way, though, since often these topics cause comments to become very contentious. I'm done in here though, I prefer the more interesting conversations and this topic is like a dead horse. See the off topic section in here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html