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I thought the comments on some articles were bad, but apparently cryonics takes the crown. It's sad that our community can't discuss this topic without a flamew
by chroma 12y ago
I thought the comments on some articles were bad, but apparently cryonics takes the crown. It's sad that our community can't discuss this topic without a flamewar.
Instead of going back-and-forth in comments, I think it would be much more productive to link to some FAQs or well-written articles from both sides. The current level of discussion is unworthy of us.
- alexjeffrey 12y ago> The current level of discussion is unworthy of us. I'm not usually one to be a buzzkill, but I should point out that Hacker News is largely filled with startup coders and small business owners, not trained academics - you can't set your standards too high for rational debate, especially considering the level of religious wars coders start over trivialities like text editor choice, operating system or programming languages (check out any thread that mentions PHP for a great example of group-think flaming).
- blueskin_ 12y agoWhile my own view is self-evident, where it comes to to the anti- side, I have found a fairly even mix of uninformed, interested/well balanced critical, and uninformed/critical for the sake of it comments. It's less civil than most here, yes, but not exactly youtube-level.