Ask HN: why do we have less science related posts now that in the past?

Re:Ask HN: why do we have less science related posts now tha... by gaika on Monday August 11, 2008 @11:27PM (#273654)

I think people are a bit afraid to post things outside of the main themes. The quality and relevance of such posts is a lot more subjective, so you always will see people complaining that it is not hacker news.

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Re:Ask HN: why do we have less science related posts now tha... by gunderson on Tuesday August 12, 2008 @12:25AM (#273695)

Very true. I think some of the "Topic Nazis" have migrated here from Slashdot.

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Re:Ask HN: why do we have less science related posts now tha... by hhm on Tuesday August 12, 2008 @12:51AM (#273719)

Well, I guess we can discuss whether science is one of the main themes or not here... In my own pov, science is not only inherently related to technology, but also it's a common interest of everyone I know that works on high tech. Not so sure about general tech and web startups though.

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Re:Ask HN: why do we have less science related posts now tha... by jackchristopher on Tuesday August 12, 2008 @01:07PM (#274203)

Science and technical stuff require a high level of intelligence to understand. It's even harder to comment usefully in a discussion.

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