[justnotworthit]

Of all the worthless, flame-inducing posts in hacker news comments, "Ah yes, that study" is the example that need to be highlighted?

[Noumenon72]

It may be more educational to contest one that most readers might not realize is problematic (I didn't bat an eye) than one that is obviously flamebait.

[andrewflnr]

As a general principle, explaining edge cases are helpful for elucidating tricky distinctions.

[dang]

I've done that at least 40,000 times. This isn't a linear ordering!

There are many principles, which we're discovering together, around curious conversation. I went into this one in detail because I think it's interesting.

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