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Comment by tome

2 hours ago

An HN user time-transported in from 15 years ago would find it incomprehensible that there there are only two sceptical responses (both flag killed) on a post about a message from the supreme leader of a nearly 1.5 billion strong religion. Times have truly changed.

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nixon_why69  2 hours ago

Times have changed in a lot of dimensions. To name 2: 1) we have an AI thing now, and 2) the pope is American and more trustworthy than all of our current top politicians of both parties.

It's not like people are longing for times of papal authority, they're just looking for anyone at all with common sense.

asveikau  1 hour ago

15 years ago it was Pope Benedict, who was a pretty different figure. I can speak only for myself, but I would have had more cynicism about him than I would for Francis or Leo.

dist-epoch  39 minutes ago

That past HN user would be more shocked that Chrome is not considered the second coming of Jesus anymore, to keep the religious theme.

booleandilemma  2 hours ago

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  • shermantanktop  1 hour ago

    Speculating, without evidence, that hidden forces are suppressing ideas that you prefer is low-value noise IMO.

    • booleandilemma  1 hour ago

      Who said hidden forces? It's the capitalist overlords who are hellbent on replacing us humans with their machine laborers.

      For evidence, you only have to look at the mass of flagged and downvoted anti-AI comments on this site.

      It's not a hidden force at all, they're quite open about it.