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lapcattoday at 2:45 PM2 repliesview on HN

> it's good that this sort of thing wasn't included.

Is it good that the article has inspired mostly "the author is wrong" comments, more so than even the usual for HN?


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grayhattertoday at 4:18 PM

If the author fundamentally misunderstands the social and technical implications around the topic. Then yes, it's good that all the comments are correcting the misunderstandings of the post.

The blog post makes a lot of arguments, that sound like they might be good. Only until you try to apply them to reality, when they fail. So yes, it's a good thing that examples that would encourage the debate to shift from critiques of the faulty arguments, to heated exchanges over internet drama requiring popcorn.

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boltzmann-braintoday at 7:30 PM

a tiny cohort's opinion does not change the truthfulness of a statement

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