Comment by dang
10 years ago
> HackerNews should promote culture of science and critical thinking and shouldn't be accepting of the fad diets like lchf, paleo, keto and other scaremongering bs.
No, Hacker News should promote curious conversation that respects people's right to differing views. This is a pluralistic place where people are allowed to be wrong. Strident denunciations—even (or rather especially) in the name of correct scientific positions—are corrosive of the social contract here and should be eschewed regardless of how right you are, or believe you are.
Otherwise the endgame is a few absolutists yelling at each other, and everyone else leaving.
Are you going to uncensor it?
HN doesn't promote a good conversation on the subject of nutrition and diets.
Just take the fact that angry users can downvote me to oblivion or flag my posts which are on topic.
Every time a Guardian subject on demonizing sugar and praising fat or any similar material was posted, my responses, which were sometimes less denouncing than this one, were downvoted or censored.
The majority just likes to believe fadists are saving them, instead of outright misinforming and scaring them into healthier but pseudoscientific lifestyles.
So you censor his side and leave the rest up?
I don't know why this got flagged. There were two links to Anthony Colpo. I tried to read them and get his point, but his style is borderline unreadable. No scientific arguments, only vitriol / straw man with lots of overloaded images. Feel free to Google him.
The flagged post was in this tone also, calling lies and requested we do not discuss the sugar hypotheses here. So you could interpret this as "The call for censorship got censored" ;)
I tried to read them and get his point, but his style is borderline unreadable. No scientific arguments,
The first link has 28 references to scientific texts and studies, the second has 57.
Speak what you want about his style, but his works are always well-researched and well-referenced.
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The only 'censoring' was done by user flags.
It could be unflagged by the moderation staff.
they shadowbanned me.
dang is obviously a low-carb paleo-saved-my-life advocate.
i just checked my posts and a lot of them are flagged.
okay, i'll leave the community.
thanks for loving me.