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by corwinstephen 4902 days ago
On a forum like Hackernews where the purpose of the entire thing is to gain knowledge and expand wisdom, it's perfectly reasonable to expect people not to post things when they have no clue what they're talking about. If the guy had posted an opinion based on fact, it would have been fair game, but this particular opinion was based on nothing more than colloquial beliefs which perpetuate fallacy.

In my opinion, he was right to criticize. If he hadn't, I'd be going around telling people about how my brain is becoming dopamine tolerant due to the bursts of it I get every time I watch porn. I'm glad I know that's not true.
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ohwp 4902 days ago
It's about the tone, not the critique.

What VigUi7vv8G2 is saying about dopamine might be correct but his tone is anti-social.

He could have left "Oh dear god." and "What the fuck? This is the dumbest thing I've read in a while." out of it and it would have been a perfect helpful response.

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jmathai 4902 days ago
Precisely. There's a difference in criticism with the intent of being constructive and that being destructive or only for the purpose of inflating one's ego.

Tone.

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