[erikpukinskis]

Speaking for myself, I think it’s my hope that the people on here who are being ignorant are usually at least open to being rationally explained at why they are wrong.

It’s not guaranteed but in other forums it’s less of a guarantee.

And even if the person doesn’t respond well, sometimes the more reasonable comments will get upvoted, even if they’re unpopular positions, so it’s worth making them.

It’s not true on every topic, some things like sexual violence HN seems to come from an emotional place, which brings out Dang’s “no flame ward!” hammer...

But in general this is a forum where knowing what’s actually true and explaining it well can sometimes be rewarded.

That said, there is also a ton of knee-jerk “that’s not technically true” or “I don’t immediately see the feasibility” stuff. I suspect that is just a personality thing that correlates with engineer types.