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The older I get the more I think it's just counter signaling that one is smarter than whoever did this work, which is almost certainly not the case.

spoils19 4y ago
- govg 4y ago
  The average HN reader who is probably a generic software engineer in their 20s/30s will know more about nuclear fusion than scientists at LLNL?
  - Moissanite 4y ago
    Listen man, remembering the names of all these JavaScript frameworks is hard!
  - JimtheCoder 4y ago
    They think they do, but don't...I think that's the point that's trying to be made here
- kelnos 4y ago
  That's a pretty arrogant take based on zero actual evidence. When "in my experience" is "randoms on the internet who I've never met and occasionally argue with online", I don't think we can draw many conclusions.
- teawrecks 4y ago
  The average HN reader strikes me as someone who can talk big, spout buzzwords, and play skeptic, but make them actually solve something and they crumble instantly. Maybe the average HN reader is smarter than the average reddit reader (very slightly if at all), but they're not more useful than someone who actually did work and shared it publicly.
  - bumby 4y ago
    >The average HN reader strikes me as someone who can talk big, spout buzzwords, and play skeptic, but make them actually solve something and they crumble instantly. I'm sure many have experienced the phenomenon where they read some HN comments that sound authoritative and give them that level of credulity. And then they get into a discussion on a topic they may literally be an expert in and it's made glaring obvious the person they are in a discussion with only has a superficial understanding, yet takes the same authoritative tone.
- TigeriusKirk 4y ago
  In my experience the average HN reader is slightly above the general population average.
- yummypaint 4y ago
  I know for a fact that many people who worked on this are also on HN. You should know that scientists see posters on this site mostly as representatives of the software engineering world. Seeing this kind of sneering attitude so frequently on display here is pretty embarrassing and casts the whole profession in a poor light.
- mardifoufs 4y ago
  Surely this is sarcasm?
serverholic 4y ago
Yeah I can't help but imagine these same folks would be more than happy to produce a list of common logical fallacies.
elihu 4y ago
I think it's more often just counter signaling that one is better informed or more realistic than whoever wrote the press release or media article, which may very be the case.

spoils19 4y ago

govg 4y ago
The average HN reader who is probably a generic software engineer in their 20s/30s will know more about nuclear fusion than scientists at LLNL?
- Moissanite 4y ago
  Listen man, remembering the names of all these JavaScript frameworks is hard!
- JimtheCoder 4y ago
  They think they do, but don't...I think that's the point that's trying to be made here
kelnos 4y ago
That's a pretty arrogant take based on zero actual evidence. When "in my experience" is "randoms on the internet who I've never met and occasionally argue with online", I don't think we can draw many conclusions.
teawrecks 4y ago
The average HN reader strikes me as someone who can talk big, spout buzzwords, and play skeptic, but make them actually solve something and they crumble instantly. Maybe the average HN reader is smarter than the average reddit reader (very slightly if at all), but they're not more useful than someone who actually did work and shared it publicly.
- bumby 4y ago
  >The average HN reader strikes me as someone who can talk big, spout buzzwords, and play skeptic, but make them actually solve something and they crumble instantly. I'm sure many have experienced the phenomenon where they read some HN comments that sound authoritative and give them that level of credulity. And then they get into a discussion on a topic they may literally be an expert in and it's made glaring obvious the person they are in a discussion with only has a superficial understanding, yet takes the same authoritative tone.
TigeriusKirk 4y ago
In my experience the average HN reader is slightly above the general population average.
yummypaint 4y ago
I know for a fact that many people who worked on this are also on HN. You should know that scientists see posters on this site mostly as representatives of the software engineering world. Seeing this kind of sneering attitude so frequently on display here is pretty embarrassing and casts the whole profession in a poor light.
mardifoufs 4y ago
Surely this is sarcasm?

serverholic 4y ago

Yeah I can't help but imagine these same folks would be more than happy to produce a list of common logical fallacies.

elihu 4y ago

I think it's more often just counter signaling that one is better informed or more realistic than whoever wrote the press release or media article, which may very be the case.