Write an article about how evolution doesn't always favor though "violent" (read: powerful + assertive)
Top the article with a photo of domesticated farm animals… How's that niceness evolution working out for those farm animals? I guess we can ask them on their way to the butcher.
How a public apology for implying that we are conspiracy theorists[1], since you are the one with the ability to "fact check" us, and you failed to do so, most notably, and conveniently, after it was too late. Your attempt to debunk us, combined with lowering the weight of today's article, effectively censored the entire conversation.
While we're at it, how did somebody accidentally add a 2010 tag to a clearly brand-new article that was just published on the day of the post? Here's an actual conspiracy theory: this was the first attempt to censor the article, which failed when people immediately recognized that it was not from 2010. It's one thing to originally post something with an incorrect date (e.g., a typo, etc.), but this was a moderator adding a date. That is a deliberate action, which means more than just a passing glance would have been given.
1. I have arrived at this conclusion by logical deduction: A) Confirmation bias is the cognitive bias being described by your quote, "...how easily people can find examples that fit any belief...". B) One does not need to confirm something other than a theory. C) There are many moderators, therefore making it a conspiracy, if it was deliberately done. D) It would therefore need to be a conspiracy theory in order for cognitive bias to be relevant.
An article comes out about how Hacker News has been censored, and Hacker News censors the post... because of "meta crack effect."
Without sounding too snide, it sounds like what's happening is that we do all of the work by posting articles and comments, and hacker news controls the narrative.
My comment above has just received a down-vote, despite being 2 days old, well outside of the down vote time limit (unless there is a comment flag feature without a time limit that I'm unaware of), at the same time @dang left a reply.
So, another example of moderator tampering...? Or was there a recent up-vote that was removed?
Unironically, this was apparently censored (no realistic human interaction would result in this post, which was gaining popularity quickly, disappearing from the first 6 pages within moments).
Meanwhile, a post about YCombinator itself (the US company) going to Canada to skirt US visa regulation changes so that it can continue its access to foreign founders whose exploitable economics are desirable to US founders... remains on the first page.
This, IMHO.
This article was excellent, btw, despite my lack of basic calculus knowledge and, thus, my inability to understand the notated equations.
Write an article about how evolution doesn't always favor though "violent" (read: powerful + assertive)
Top the article with a photo of domesticated farm animals… How's that niceness evolution working out for those farm animals? I guess we can ask them on their way to the butcher.