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Ironically, despite the name "Hacker News", I've noticed many are quick to adopt the official narrative largely unquestioningly
by DaSHacka 2y ago
Ironically, despite the name "Hacker News", I've noticed many are quick to adopt the official narrative largely unquestioningly
- ThrowawayR2 2y agoI'll just leave this here: "High conspiracy belief is associated with low critical thinking ability" (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/acp.3790 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/acp.3790), previously discussed in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27806447 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27806447. Most here on HN seem to have fairly high critical thinking ability.
- ramblerman 2y agoIf a hacker just went against the official narrative as a knee jerk reaction that would make them more like a rebellious teenager no? In a sense you are agreeing that this as tragic as it is probable needs no further discussion
- throwaway123127 2y agoThe spirit is completely gone, isn't it? When a hacker was mysteriously hanged in 1988, people discussed it for years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron_(hacker) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron_(hacker) Now everyone is accusing others of "conspiracy theories" and browbeating everyone to follow the party line.
- goodpoint 2y agohacker news has always been hacker the same way a hot dog is a dog.