Ironically, despite the name "Hacker News", I've noticed many are quick to adopt...

ramblerman · 2024-12-27T18:52:12 1735325532

If a hacker just went against the official narrative as a knee jerk reaction that would make them more like a rebellious teenager no?

In a sense you are agreeing that this as tragic as it is probable needs no further discussion

ThrowawayR2 · 2024-12-27T18:51:02 1735325462

I'll just leave this here: "High conspiracy belief is associated with low critical thinking ability" (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/acp.3790), previously discussed in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27806447.

Most here on HN seem to have fairly high critical thinking ability.

goodpoint · 2024-12-28T23:32:28 1735428748

hacker news has always been hacker the same way a hot dog is a dog.

throwaway123127 · 2024-12-27T18:54:21 1735325661

The spirit is completely gone, isn't it? When a hacker was mysteriously hanged in 1988, people discussed it for years:

Now everyone is accusing others of "conspiracy theories" and browbeating everyone to follow the party line.