At its best HN is critical and discerning, which are necessary qualities for raising the discourse to a higher intellectual plane (otherwise this would just be Reddit). At its worst it is cynical and contrarian. Those are flip sides of the same coin.
HN is like UChicago. Cerebral, academic, rigorous and always ready to shoot down sloppy thinking.
Quora is more like Northwestern. Intelligent, emotionally savvy, and projects a sense of polish.
HN does not have a strict, unbiased critical thinking. If it did it might be more acceptable. The worst of HN is when it tries to bear critcism on a topic or subject that it inherently disagrees with and wants to be untrue (even when it probably is true).
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At its best HN is critical and discerning, which are necessary qualities for raising the discourse to a higher intellectual plane (otherwise this would just be Reddit). At its worst it is cynical and contrarian. Those are flip sides of the same coin.
HN is like UChicago. Cerebral, academic, rigorous and always ready to shoot down sloppy thinking.
Quora is more like Northwestern. Intelligent, emotionally savvy, and projects a sense of polish.
HN does not have a strict, unbiased critical thinking. If it did it might be more acceptable. The worst of HN is when it tries to bear critcism on a topic or subject that it inherently disagrees with and wants to be untrue (even when it probably is true).
You may have missed the first sentence I wrote. HN has two modes.
There is a thin line between critical and contrarian, and HN has good days and bad days.