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This is a good point. Nobody has ever stopped doing research or developing technology because of something so petty as being surveilled, imprisoned or murdered.
by jrflowers 3y ago
This is a good point. Nobody has ever stopped doing research or developing technology because of something so petty as being surveilled, imprisoned or murdered.
I applaud the confidence with which you have reached back through time and chosen world war 2 as an event wherein nothing of intellectual value was lost. To wit, survivorship bias is not a real thing, and while I’ve heard of object permanence, nobody has proven to me that my mom doesn’t cease to exist when she puts her hands in front of her face.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoDo you really think this kind of sarcasm laden commenting style, while attempting to deflect substantive points in a mocking tone, will be well received on HN?
- jrflowers 3y agoI’m not sure what you’re talking about, I am simply agreeing with your deft analysis that millions of deaths around the world had exactly zero negative effect on technological advancement in any field. It certainly is not the single most asinine thing I’ve ever seen anyone post on this website, and I’m not chuckling at all.
- MichaelZuo 3y ago> I’m not sure what you’re talking about, I am simply agreeing with your deft analysis that millions of deaths around the world had exactly zero negative effect on technological advancement in any field. If you think there's a substantive argument to be made here, then using this boorish tone, that most passing readers can probably detect in seconds, is bizarrely self-discrediting. If your dead set on going down this path, my advice would be that maybe some sort of super-genius could impress and bamboozle HN with this kind of writing style, but that's hardly possible at a lower competence.