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This is one of the worst comments I've read on HackerNews and engenders the decline in critical thinking that has become so pervasive here in recent years. You
by Fernicia 2y ago
This is one of the worst comments I've read on HackerNews and engenders the decline in critical thinking that has become so pervasive here in recent years.
You find a bunch of ways to frame the authors as the out-group, then cast a totally baseless aspersion. Presumably so you don't have to engage with any of the actual points in the article.
- geye1234 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulverism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulverism
- seanhunter 2y agoI'm not framing them in terms of an out group at all. It's the exact opposite- they are the most "in" of in-groups. In the UK, government policy for the last 15 years has been hugely influenced by this specific thinktank and two or three similar ones. It's an extraordinarily small group. If Britain is in decline due to lack of infrastructure investment it's in no small part because of the policy positions that they have advocated and implemented during that time. I care a great deal about the actual points in the article. It's just important to understand this is not in any sense a neutral analysis.
- archagon 2y agoIf this is one of the worst comments you’ve read on HN, you must be new to the site.