Because someobe has an idea that their theory is smart, doesn't make their argument very good nor does it guarantee that they know what they're talking about.

Because someobe has an idea that their theory is smart, doesn't make their argument very good nor does it guarantee that they know what they're talking about. The levels of hubris present in discourse like this, as regards the confidence with which people claim arguments in one direction or another, is absurd. Yet it runs rampant among the "rationalists" of HN constantly in the comments sections.