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Article triggers critical mass of pedantry on HN, thread collapses in on itself

• sega_sai 2y ago
  Yes. It is kinda amazing to observe (as a professional astrophysicist) how people manage to find small (mostly irrelevant) things to nitpick instead of discussing a really interesting discovery.
  • blueflow 2y ago
    I postulated in another thread yesterday that the use of exxagerations / superlatives might be triggering contra. If we had the same article, but with the title "Black hole with 33 times the mass of the sun discovered" we could measure if the reactions are less severe.
  • Ar-Curunir 2y ago
    it unfortunately happens in every field, including more theoretical parts of computer science. the commenters usually don't understand the science, so choose to nitpick on the aesthetics.
  • xpe 2y ago
    People's contributions rise to the level of their expertise.
• deleted 2y ago
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