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Re:What were Einstein and Gödel talking about? (2005) by max_ on Thursday October 13, 2016 @11:45AM (#12701516)
Why do some comments like this one turn grey?
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Re:What were Einstein and Gödel talking about? (2005) by gumby on Thursday October 13, 2016 @12:16PM (#12701797)
It was downvoted.
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Re:What were Einstein and Gödel talking about? (2005) by sharmajai on Thursday October 13, 2016 @12:06PM (#12701695)
Downvoting.
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Re:What were Einstein and Gödel talking about? (2005) by cgvgffyv on Thursday October 13, 2016 @12:44PM (#12702068)
The person who wrote it is deemed to be an idiot, according to the hivemind.
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Re:What were Einstein and Gödel talking about? (2005) by swiley on Thursday October 13, 2016 @02:23PM (#12702882)
I really like what Scott Adams says: it's something like "People aren't idiots, they just experience bouts of idiocy (some more often than others)."
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Re:What were Einstein and Gödel talking about? (2005) by ebcode on Thursday October 13, 2016 @03:59PM (#12703566)
Yeah, I get your point about the hivemind, but I think it's less damaging to see downvoting as being about the comment, not the person. iow, don't take it personally.
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Re:What were Einstein and Gödel talking about? (2005) by sctb on Thursday October 13, 2016 @01:33PM (#12702511)
We don't need such inflammatory and obviously unfair comments like this on Hacker News.
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