This is not a complaint. For people that downvoted, may I ask why? To be clear, I'm not asking people to _explain_ the downvotes; I am only asking the people th

This is not a complaint. For people that downvoted, may I ask why? To be clear, I'm not asking people to _explain_ the downvotes; I am only asking the people that actually downvoted. Here are some guesses: - Are my questions too harsh or unfair? Off-topic? - Do you not like that I openly admit my priors? - You hold it against me that I don't think science journalism is very good? - Do you think Quanta is of high quality? - ... unique? Not worth challenging? - ... doing all it can? - As a point of comparison, have you looked at how many IX people and data scientists other news organizations have? - Am I expecting too much? I'm genuinely curious. Persuade me that I'm missing something. I'm open to it. For what it is worth, I've attended many events associated with the Simons Institute; I've never found an organization like it. But I don't hold any organization up as above criticism. I have a feeling that Simons could be doing much more with Quanta. To me, the downvotes without comments (above) are likely informative, but not for the reasons you might think. They suggests people want to express disapproval, but think a response is not warranted or would take too much time. But why? My hunch is that I've struck a nerve. When people are uncomfortable, they often downvote. Sacred cows. Confirmation bias. Both are strong, even when you know that these things are cognitive errors. All in all, the downvotes may well suggest that people have huge irrational responses and/or blind spots around this.