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why is hacker news getting so much of this pseudo-science trash lately? I'm assuming this is not AI submitted, but it is garbage. I'm not even sure it's legit

• krapp 2y ago
  Unfortunately, Hacker News has been degenerating into crankery and conspiracy theory for a while now. It's an irreversible intellectual rot but least it makes things entertaining.
• pink33n 2y ago
  I'm a skeptic but I still find the article really interesting (currently on page 10 of 43) and a highly entertaining read. Mind you, the paper does not argue that the cryptoterrestial hypothesis is true or even that it's likely. The argument is that it should be considered instead of being outright dismissed like you just did. So far they make a pretty good case IMO.
• drewcoo 2y ago
  There are a variety of motivations to believe in nonsense. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0963721417718261 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09637214177182... Also worth noting, higher levels of education tend to correlate with lower belief in conspiracy theories. I've encountered a large number of self-proclaimed autodidacts here on HN, so that could help explain it, too. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5248629/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5248629/
• pcdoodle 2y ago
  I love this kind of stuff on HN. Maybe you could science a reason for its existence.