"No it's not" replies and silent downvotes instead of arguments didn't use to be how HN worked.
replySad to see this place becoming a normal web forum.
I mean, it was a response to a claim, without evidence, that it was valuable.
replyIs your position that _you_ can make assertions without evidence but that lesser mortals may not contradict you without writing a paper on the subject?
I’m convinced that a large part of the user base of this site is genuinely, literally, solipsistic.
My position is more that it's OK to mention a well known and easily verifiable fact without digging out authoritative sources.
reply… No, I mean, on the face of it it’s a surprising claim. Why do you think it is valuable? What is the market?
replyI don't downvote.
replyAnd i brought an argument. You said it makes space-x very valuable and i explain that the amount of payload we even send up is very limited which contracditcs 'very valuable'.
I then explain further what Elon Musks plan is to sell us his trillion dollar company or how you frame it 'very valuable' and explain why it doesn't work