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>>apsec1+(OP)
>Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. That destroys the curiosity this site exists for.

I don't understand how those two sentences are related. I've never heard a political or ideological battle explained as being "curiosity destroying".

>>x86_64+V2
Plus I don't understand why curiosity is the value of the community. Is it? There are so many kinds of values, and even a nuance between learning and mere curiosity. Recently black American experiences have been a conversation here on HN — if this conflicts with curiosity, then which is more valuable?

Or are we talking about the values prescribed by the proprietors of HN?

>>threat+j7
I'm an old-timer on this site.

The current topics are very interesting even if I cannot always say something useful.

I disagree strongly with a good number of people here but still think I have grown as a human to better understand some of the things I used to feel were totally ridiculous.

At the same time I feel I get some of my own ideas better across (easier to understand, less likely to hurt) so that more people can learn something from me as well, even if they disagree strongly with me.