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HN is my favourite site by far (I lost my login details to my old acc but have been here for quite a few years), but, HN users tend to be very vocal on areas th

HN is my favourite site by far (I lost my login details to my old acc but have been here for quite a few years), but, HN users tend to be very vocal on areas they don't really "know". My wife is an MRI researcher and I share most threads on that topic, normally saying some comment seems really cool, where she quickly shoots it down as flawed. If it isn't directly related to programming I have a large salt shaker nearby :) To be fair I know I do the same no matter how much I try not to!

DropInIn 3y ago
Oh it wasn't a comment on HN users but people in general. So often someone will spout off on a topic as though they know a great deal but when I start actually trying to have discourse on it I discover they actually know very little. Dunning-Krueger type thi g I'm sure, but it's just so common as to be mentionable.