It's sort of exhilarating to truly understand just how much of the world is built on absolute bullshit.
However, I think it's more dangerous on sites like HN where it's wrapped up in this illusion of rationalism, intelligence and elitism along with HN reputation for a "higher level of discourse" which makes people more likely to believe.
Turns out HN falls prey to all the same human biases as everywhere else.
A quick way to see it in action is find a thread about something you know deeply and read the comments.
What we do have here is dang, though, which is a lot more than Reddit generally has.
Exhilarating perhaps if the goal is to bullshit through life. Fake it until you make it, as it were.
If you hate bullshit, on the other hand, it's exhausting.
But at least I’ll admit that I’m not always right.