[Ardit20]

"But yes, reason has little purchase in this place. The community has very strong biases and refuses to give time to opposition."

What exactly do you mean?

[sprout]

You're being downvoted purely because people disagree with you. HN is supposed to be above that.

[freesciencenow]

While I didn't downvote him, I agree with the downvoters. His substantive claims about how the research/peer review system works -- upon which is entire argument is based -- are factually incorrect.