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OK, you will know better than I. But I wasn't overreacting. It seemed odd to me that literally 20 minutes after this was posted, there were a non-controversial

OK, you will know better than I. But I wasn't overreacting. It seemed odd to me that literally 20 minutes after this was posted, there were a non-controversial response about possible contamination which had been downvoted enough to turn grey. That to me suggested an agenda.

dang 5y ago
As far as I can tell, these perceptions are nearly always coming from our own unconsciouses. We have almost no objective data about who is behind the little bits of information we see on the internet, or why they have the views they do, and so these little particles of information organize themselves according to the shadowy magnetic fields in our own head. The overwhelming majority of the time, who's actually on the other side of the transaction is someone else just like you, holding their views for the same reasons that you hold yours, and perceiving the same sorts of insidiousness in the things they disagree with or dislike. Just to be clear: I don't at all mean to pick on you personally! "You" here means all of us because it appears to be a universal (or, to be nice, near-universal) bias. I've sometimes called this the "surrounded by demons" experience: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=demons%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...
- russellbeattie 5y ago
  Dan! OP was a 2 hour old account! Demons? LOL. I'm not experiencing the shock of discovering my fellow HNers don't think like myself - that ship sailed in 2016, believe me. I'm experiencing the suspicion of the site getting astroturfed by God knows who for God knows what. I think being skeptical of any China stories during the Olympics isn't being overly paranoid! Anyway, as always, we appreciate your hard work!
  - dang 5y ago
    They're just little demons.

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OK, you will know better than I. But I wasn't overreacting. It seemed odd to me that literally 20 minutes after this was posted, there were a non-controversial

by russellbeattie 5y ago

dang 5y ago
As far as I can tell, these perceptions are nearly always coming from our own unconsciouses. We have almost no objective data about who is behind the little bits of information we see on the internet, or why they have the views they do, and so these little particles of information organize themselves according to the shadowy magnetic fields in our own head. The overwhelming majority of the time, who's actually on the other side of the transaction is someone else just like you, holding their views for the same reasons that you hold yours, and perceiving the same sorts of insidiousness in the things they disagree with or dislike. Just to be clear: I don't at all mean to pick on you personally! "You" here means all of us because it appears to be a universal (or, to be nice, near-universal) bias. I've sometimes called this the "surrounded by demons" experience: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=demons%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...
- russellbeattie 5y ago
  Dan! OP was a 2 hour old account! Demons? LOL. I'm not experiencing the shock of discovering my fellow HNers don't think like myself - that ship sailed in 2016, believe me. I'm experiencing the suspicion of the site getting astroturfed by God knows who for God knows what. I think being skeptical of any China stories during the Olympics isn't being overly paranoid! Anyway, as always, we appreciate your hard work!
  - dang 5y ago
    They're just little demons.