Hacker News Reader

Depending on the color choices, it may be more difficult for colorblind folks. Choosing to print or display it is a choice that affects the blind.

View on HN

That doesn't change the neutrality of the graph itself, does it?

The idea of a 'graph in itself' is nonsense. Graphs are viewed by people and the functional relationship of a graph and its viewers is conditioned on choices the graph's author makes.

Assigning neutrality or bias without viewer of interaction is a category error. It is not an intrinsic property of the graph despite our wanting to simplify the world this way. It's like saying chocolate is intrinsically the best candy when what's being said is 'my relationship to chocolate is that it's my favorite.'

So your point is: there is never neutrality, and the OP "map shows why etc." is just a trivial remark. I think you're mistaking what neutral means.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com