The article tells another story, though. She just raised a bird. She fed it, and it slept in a box. When it was old enough to do so, it would sit on her shoulder and tug her hair around itself.
Doesn't seem like such a big deal if you read the article.
Here's a video of the author, as provided in the article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgiMlnbDN6I
Edit: What particularly annoys me is how techies are so intolerant of different life experiences. Fine, you wouldn't do what she did. Good for you. How is it then okay to denigrate that person's experience and how is that acceptable on HN? How is that kind of intolerance and closed-mindedness acceptable?
It's not. It's explicitly against the guidelines. Which is why GP is getting downvotes
I discovered that people who haven't had proper education in hard science are particularly susceptible to manipulation involving the invisible: radiation, nanotechnology, genetic engineering. Younger people, who studied these subjects recently, even superficially, don't fall flat for obvious stupidities like 5G vaccines if only because they understand the current limitations of the technologies involved.
[0] Reuter's note about Faebook temporarily suspending hate-speech rules against "Russian soldiers and Russians" is another example of stupidity - and a harmful one.