At the risk of further karmaloss, I suspect the downvoting is because I contradict the HN echo chamber clique. There is a certain fanboi contingent that acts ba

At the risk of further karmaloss, I suspect the downvoting is because I contradict the HN echo chamber clique. There is a certain fanboi contingent that acts badly when it acts at all and that reacts badly indeed to any notion that perhaps, just perhaps, challenges closely held non-technical views. Also, I'm an intellectual elitist and a bit of snob - but I always optimistically and naively hope that those with I engage are as well read, as critical, and as ignorant as I. Rarely works out that way, but occasionally I learn something.