> It's only in huge quantities that they are a problem. This is the critical thing. People are really really bad at nuances like “harmless in small quantities,

> It's only in huge quantities that they are a problem. This is the critical thing. People are really really bad at nuances like “harmless in small quantities, harmful in large”. People tend to want to argue whether X is good or bad in a totally contextless abstract, like sports fans taking fandom too far. HN doesn’t seem better than reddit or fox news in this respect. It seems to be fundamental to human nature. And yes, I know I do it as well. Such a frustrating bug in human cognition.