It is fascinating to see that I have negative points by simply recounting a bland personal experience. Who did I offend this time? :)
I think that your comment falls into the noise category and is undesirable because of that. If you had explained personal experiences to show how you reached your conclusion, It think you would get a better reaction. If you also showed how other possibilities could be rules out, then I think people would find it very interesting and you would get many up votes.
Also, looking at comments, often I see only upvote and no downvote button. Why is that?