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The title is link-baity and overreaching, but the article itself is actually good. It's a shame.

I changed it to the title of one of the sections. This is a trick we often use when the article title (which is often by a headline writer, not the article author) is linkbait or misleading. Assuming it covers the scope of the article, it's often better.

Thank you. Glad to see HN shifting to a more nuanced approach than the "almost always prefer the original headline" that was in vogue there for a season.

You're welcome! If I may, though, on the procedural point: neither the policy nor the practice re headlines has changed. We're doing just the same things we used to. The fact that it seems otherwise is an optical illusion, albeit a benign one which perhaps I shouldn't try to mess with.

The real change here is moderator feedback (two-way) in the threads, which people seem to agree is helping. I fear how meta it is, but we're still in a transitional phase. We'll eventually try receding a bit, after it's had time to sink in.

There's also an intro mentioning him, plus a big photo of him, and he's listed in the topics. But I think you're substantially right: the article text proper doesn't mention him at all... as if it's been link-baited by Salon, and the article authors are innocent. This makes it less annoying to read.

Spaced and varied learning is more effective - which fits with Gladwell's/Dweck's "deliberate practice"/growth mindset anyway.

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