I didn't overlook anything, but I'm also not under the illusion that Hacker News is a peer reviewed journal. Hacker News doesn't require anything of a commentat

I didn't overlook anything, but I'm also not under the illusion that Hacker News is a peer reviewed journal. Hacker News doesn't require anything of a commentator, the only requirements are on content. Unless you can magically ascertain the qualifications, or lack thereof, of someone, maybe you should only criticize on the content of their comments?