Why is the onus on me to try and hold back those who don't know how to think straight from getting into an argument with a straw man? They could, you know, just not do it.
Rather than encourage a dumbing down the content to the lowest common denominator, why not encourage those with low comprehension to not get into arguments in the first place? Dumbing down the content does not improve the quality of discourse. That is a entirely flawed notion. Hacker News is decidedly intended for a hacker audience, not an audience of high school debate team hopefuls. There should be no harm in speaking to hackers at their level.
Rather than encourage a dumbing down the content to the lowest common denominator, why not encourage those with low comprehension to not get into arguments in the first place? Dumbing down the content does not improve the quality of discourse. That is a entirely flawed notion. Hacker News is decidedly intended for a hacker audience, not an audience of high school debate team hopefuls. There should be no harm in speaking to hackers at their level.