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For what it's worth, in the case of this article I found it very interesting, but since I only have a passing knowledge of the topics it's discussing, I don't feel there's anything I can personally contribute to a conversation about it.

It's still a great article though, and a lack of comments doesn't detract from that.

People tend to read interesting content, and reply to sensational/controversial content. The two categories are often mutually exclusive.

Maybe most of use read the articles.