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Comment by codeulike | Hacker News Reader

Clicked on article expecting it to not be very good.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

I didn't really like the article. It was too conversational with unnecessary anecdotes. While reading it I was pretty much annoyed by how the writer didn't respect my time and couldn't just spit out what their main idea was. Like I shouldn't need to read three or four paragraphs to find out if the topic is something I already know about or interesting to me.

This article is basically a fluff entertainment piece for people who just enjoy reading for the sake of it and want to feel smart for it when they're done.

I did like the opening picture though. There's something creepy about it!

>While reading it I was pretty much annoyed by how the writer didn't respect my time and couldn't just spit out what their main idea was. Like I shouldn't need to read three or four paragraphs to find out if the topic is something I already know about or interesting to me.

And yet, you did the same thing for your comment.

Anyway, your preferred style of writing does exist and its called a research paper. Thankfully, the world is big enough to accmodate other styles of writing.

You really added to the conversation with this, thanks.

Thanks! (/s) I expressed a positive sentiment to counter your negative one. If you simply want a list of all the facts about the human body, you know where to look.

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