3 ms·
Would it be too snarky for HN to reply "Yes, that is indeed how hypothethicals work"?
by Dilettante_ 2y ago
Would it be too snarky for HN to reply "Yes, that is indeed how hypothethicals work"?
- sitkack 2y agoThat would totally be on brand. What is important is to take start with a very real problem that should be resolved in this universe, then project the discussion into a very close but different one and argue there. Now it doesn't matter if you win or lose in that universe because it doesn't matter. It isn't our reality. Hypothetically speaking.
- Dilettante_ 2y agoWell the purpose of such hypotheticals is to isolate a smaller part of the problem and examine it more closely outside of the larger context, to decompose the matter at hand in order to more easily get a grasp. I think there's value to that, of course as you pointed out only as an aside to the larger discussion, not as a replacement. The person you originally quoted did mark their post as a nitpick.