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A comment on NASA’s Webb finds carbon source on surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Parent comment

Re:NASA’s Webb finds carbon source on surface of Jupiter’s m... by uoaei on Friday September 22, 2023 @11:31AM (#37613359)
Do you think it's belittling to point out that someone may not have scientific knowledge? Ie, is the statement something beyond mere fact? What makes having scientific knowledge good, that you may infer that someone may think not having it is bad?
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Re:NASA’s Webb finds carbon source on surface of Jupiter’s m... by joe__f on Friday September 22, 2023 @03:14PM (#37616399)
My first reading of the sentence in question was that it was patronising
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Re:NASA’s Webb finds carbon source on surface of Jupiter’s m... by d1sxeyes on Saturday September 23, 2023 @04:14AM (#37621527)
In and of itself no. But in the context of responding to someone saying “your comment reminded me that some people don’t have a scientific background” can be read in a similar way to saying “your comment reminded me that not everyone on Hacker News is a genius”, even if that wasn’t the author’s intention.
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