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Ask HN: What was your most memorable interaction/discussion on HN?

8 points by hubraumhugo 4y ago

bediger4000 4y ago
Getting called a liar for pointing out that physicians notoriously have a cognitive bias in favor of diagnosing familiar conditions rather than exotic, and it's probably not a conspiracy to under-diagnose COVID vaccine injuries.
- themodelplumber 4y ago
  Sorry you got called a liar. I ended up being called a liar too, after my own experience. I got SIRVA and lost effective use of my right arm. It's only slowly gotten better through rehab. I basically tell no one about it anymore. I learned from both sides of the ONLY acceptable conversational dichotomy (vaccine for, or vaccine against?) that they will either use my condition as a) support for their opinion that everybody who is crazy thinks vaccines are a conspiracy, just go get the shot or b) support for their opinion that vaccines are bad for you. (Is SIRVA pro-vaccine or anti-vaccine? Is that even an important question?) I sent people BMJ links, I got a Youtube comment section to rally in my support after a prominent Youtuber tried to "cool story bro" me. But none of that really helped; it was just a frustrating situation. Meanwhile I couldn't move my hand from keyboard over to the mouse without excruciating pain, for months... People can't tolerate little details and nuances, seriously. Nothing personal but that's a massive weak side for us humans.
themodelplumber 4y ago
The ones that come to mind first are little comment threads here and there where I've been the Extraterrestrial (profile). A few times others have joined in with me to provide context and they've also been ET's with me, in that way. Kinda funny. When I notice that others end up being Extraterrestrials I definitely feel them. It's a weird vibe. The topics in question are often relevant to working in tech. I know because I've been the training person for various tech organizations. I did my best to bring in information and topics that are fresh and new. So I get the feeling that a lot of workplace training is not being done out there. A lot of tech people are doing their work by using their tech skills, going home to rest, repeat. And that's all they have time to do, maybe. But that's a workplace problem, too. It's a problem for leadership and for the future of any corporation. Traditional logic, creativity, and tech skills are only valuable to a point. Beyond that point they will get individuals stuck in subjective loops and estrange them from new capabilities in problem solving. When I mention this, people tend to think, "ah, this person is talking about (people|team|emotional|life) skills!" But in fact this applies to many tech problems and involves techniques that can be studied and applied personally. Anyway. Just the first type of interaction that comes to mind.
i_have_an_idea 4y ago
Calling out a guy who was worshipping pg as some sort of a God, then having some moderator step in to tell me "not to do that here".

8 points by hubraumhugo 4y ago

Getting called a liar for pointing out that physicians notoriously have a cognitive bias in favor of diagnosing familiar conditions rather than exotic, and it's probably not a conspiracy to under-diagnose COVID vaccine injuries.

themodelplumber 4y ago
Sorry you got called a liar. I ended up being called a liar too, after my own experience. I got SIRVA and lost effective use of my right arm. It's only slowly gotten better through rehab. I basically tell no one about it anymore. I learned from both sides of the ONLY acceptable conversational dichotomy (vaccine for, or vaccine against?) that they will either use my condition as a) support for their opinion that everybody who is crazy thinks vaccines are a conspiracy, just go get the shot or b) support for their opinion that vaccines are bad for you. (Is SIRVA pro-vaccine or anti-vaccine? Is that even an important question?) I sent people BMJ links, I got a Youtube comment section to rally in my support after a prominent Youtuber tried to "cool story bro" me. But none of that really helped; it was just a frustrating situation. Meanwhile I couldn't move my hand from keyboard over to the mouse without excruciating pain, for months... People can't tolerate little details and nuances, seriously. Nothing personal but that's a massive weak side for us humans.

themodelplumber 4y ago

The ones that come to mind first are little comment threads here and there where I've been the Extraterrestrial (profile). A few times others have joined in with me to provide context and they've also been ET's with me, in that way. Kinda funny. When I notice that others end up being Extraterrestrials I definitely feel them. It's a weird vibe. The topics in question are often relevant to working in tech. I know because I've been the training person for various tech organizations. I did my best to bring in information and topics that are fresh and new. So I get the feeling that a lot of workplace training is not being done out there. A lot of tech people are doing their work by using their tech skills, going home to rest, repeat. And that's all they have time to do, maybe. But that's a workplace problem, too. It's a problem for leadership and for the future of any corporation. Traditional logic, creativity, and tech skills are only valuable to a point. Beyond that point they will get individuals stuck in subjective loops and estrange them from new capabilities in problem solving. When I mention this, people tend to think, "ah, this person is talking about (people|team|emotional|life) skills!" But in fact this applies to many tech problems and involves techniques that can be studied and applied personally. Anyway. Just the first type of interaction that comes to mind.

i_have_an_idea 4y ago

Calling out a guy who was worshipping pg as some sort of a God, then having some moderator step in to tell me "not to do that here".