Comment by MrMcCall
17 days ago
> Nobody thinks "wow, they said a true statement, I should downvote them".
Precisely. That's the biggest problem with closed-minded fools.
17 days ago
> Nobody thinks "wow, they said a true statement, I should downvote them".
Precisely. That's the biggest problem with closed-minded fools.
I don't understand your point, sorry.
Or maybe you misunderstand (on purpose?). I'm saying you attribute those downvotes incorrectly. It's maybe natural to do so as an instinct -- "those people are against me!" -- but on HN it's expected to be a bit more introspective. It's incorrect to say that "people downvote because I'm right" or "people downvote because they have nothing to say".
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> To be 'ignorant' requires willfully _ignoring_ the truth
No it doesn't. To borrow from the law, ignorance requires no scienter. It simply means you lack knowledge of factual or situational context, willfully or otherwise.