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I don't get the adversarial tone about this. My intention in asking the question isn't to create animosity. I'm just curious why the thing that I've observed
by Teever 2y ago
I don't get the adversarial tone about this.
My intention in asking the question isn't to create animosity. I'm just curious why the thing that I've observed is a thing.
- adastra22 2y agoBecause bringing up “what about Y?” When the discussion topic is X and there is no connection to Y goes against HN norms.
- Teever 2y agoBut there is a connection between the X and Y in this case. One is a subset of the other. We're talking about the same thing man, I'm just making the point that I feel that there should be greater emphasis on the subset. Look at the top thread in this post, people are doing a very similar thing. I truly think that the pop-sci interest in mitochondria stems from the nickname and for no other reason and to me that's a very interesting thing.