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Exactly. This helps train the "don't believe everything you read" muscle.

• edgyquant 4y ago
  Sure for the percentage of people who do read all the way through and then rethink things. This is <1% in most communities
  • setr 4y ago
    Assuming everyone is an idiot, and designing around that basis, seems like a great way to foster a community of idiots. And unlike stackoverflow, there’s not really any good reason for anyone to think a top-level comment is somehow authoritative, especially because the best comments on HN tend to be replies