[Eisenstein]

How it sounded to you was not my intended tone. If you read what I wrote again you may take away from my response that knee-jerking an argument about regulations in general is not something I find productive, but rather discussion of specific policies. It appears this one is not effective at its goal.

[tomcam]

Asking questions on HN can be… tiring

[Dwolb]

Your original comment laid out the logic very well.

I’m not sure why the response took an emotional turn, but it wasn’t warranted.

I wish there were sites where more people people could wage discussions in your manner.

[MichaelZuo]

The larger the community the more it will trend towards the population average. That's why exclusive clubs began in the first place.

[bamboozled]

I find your comment shockingly cynical and sad.

I’m sorry you live with such a negative view of others.

[MichaelZuo]

You find probability theory and statistics to be cynical and sad?

If so, I'm sorry you live with such a negative view of education.