alt Hacker NewsWell, I didn't articulate it but behind my comment was a question - who's actually upvoting this stuff and why?
To me the claim of the article was silly on the surface of it, silly enough that I was surprised that folks consider it worthy of discussion.
Is there just a large number of upvoters here without even a basic understanding of the topic at hand? Or is there some other explanation beyond that?
Hacker news is a bit different from Reddit or other social media. This is a good summary, especially the section titled "Comments". https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Edit: I notice I'm talking to a 2 week old account, I should've checked before engaging.