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Please post a substantive reply, instead of a shallow dismissal. If you have no substantive reply to the parent commenter, it would be best to refrain from comm
by nickff 5y ago
Please post a substantive reply, instead of a shallow dismissal. If you have no substantive reply to the parent commenter, it would be best to refrain from commenting. As per the HN Guidelines:
>"When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3.""
>"Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something."
- riffic 5y agoThe substantive point in my reply is that the topic (induced demand) is one that is widely studied and acknowledged. The popular approach on this site to allow anyone with unstudied and naive assumptions of how the world works freedom to dismiss these concerns should be shunned, derisively if necessary.
- nickff 5y agoI see that as being a shallow dismissal, but I think I understand your point. If the thoughts and views of non-experts are worthless (or harmful) in a causal setting (here), why should they be permitted to express them in a consequential environment (voting)?