@kescher That's the thing though, it's not that people on HN are *dumb* or anything (insofar "dumb" exists as a concept, which it probably doesn't), it's that their view of the world starts and ends at their very specific interpretation of "rationality" and no other information is considered.

That's consistent with "identifying methodology issues in an article that explicitly presents itself as academic" (because that is within their view of "rationality"), but it is *also* consistent with completely ignoring socioeconomic realities, personal experiences, harm, and generally being vulnerable to fascist propaganda.