It's true that when I'm fond of somebody, I tend to respond to false attacks on them. Not because of "meal tickets" but just human feeling.

It's true that things look different on the outside, though one might add that people who routinely jump to cynical conclusions about others don't make very good Hacker News commenters.

But what made you think I know anything about neuroscience?

> We get it though; gotta white knight for your meal ticket

This is a rather presumptive conclusion. Unless, of course, you have specific knowledge corroborated by others such that this assertion is more than a trite ad hominem.

Full disclosure: I am not associated with anyone who owns, administers, or in any way runs this site.

Nor am I "white knighting for a meal ticket."