Well, there you have it. A quantum of "downvote" passes for an intellectual response. All I'm trying to point out is that a rather broad statement about litera

Well, there you have it. A quantum of "downvote" passes for an intellectual response. All I'm trying to point out is that a rather broad statement about literary culture was made with no attempt at justification. Perhaps one of the problems with HackerNews is the reliance on quantified measurements to score a discussion? It's almost like the article in question was bringing up issues related to this kind of philosophy...