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Correct, and it's time for HN to let go of it. Think of it as a test for this community: can we focus on what's interesting in what the man says and resist being trolled by the rest.

https://hn.algolia.com/?query=wolfram%20derangement%20syndro...

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Is there a meta-syndrome, wherein all submissions of Stephen Wolfram content end up discussing how unfortunate it is we're all preoccupied discussing his self promotion?

That's a secondary infection.

Maybe more like an autoimmune / allergic response?

I hope you put this everytime you find the syndrome as you call it. Because "the rest" might be newcommer. After I read your explanation in the link, i think it makes sense. But i must say that everyone gets that impression of SW writing doesnt know that it has been there since forever and would not change, and we can do nothing about it (as a comment below says that SW himself says he writes like that bc arrorange helps him solve problem).

Treatment needs time.

Too bad it's advertising for a company that uses slave labor.

It isn't that simple: yesterday, after seeing your comment I carefully read Wolfram's article from beginning to end. I enjoyed it while trying to skip the ads.

Today, when I was thinking about Ramanujan, he was inextricably linked to Wolfram/Mathematica. This sort of thing is sinister and it's exactly the reason why people are getting worked up about it.

That's a fair point but I think it might be too subtle for this level of discussion. If we ever get HN to the place where we can work on refining discourse to that level, I'll be delighted, but it seems to me a long-term goal.

So accepting blatant advertising is a test for the community? And blatantly incorrect spam at that.

Oh, and calling it a derangement syndrome is both denigrating to those of us with real mental problems and a cheap way to duck the charges of spamming.

You can also not read it, if you don't want to.

I don't want to what a slave-labor-using company has to say to be featured here.

It's understandable that you want sponsored content on HN, but could you at least mark it as such?

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