As someone who has some deep interests outside of tech, I’ll say that any time I see HN commentary stray into those interests the quality of people’s understand

As someone who has some deep interests outside of tech, I’ll say that any time I see HN commentary stray into those interests the quality of people’s understanding takes a very sharp nosedive. The knowledgeable responses don’t get nearly the attention of the shallow and instinctive (but wrong) rebuttals. I have to assume this pattern holds true for the areas I’m less knowledgeable in. It’s probably safe to assume that the further a topic strays from tech, the less faith you should put in the popular HN take.