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Comment by rnovak | Hacker News Reader

I love how you're complaining about people posting without authority, meanwhile not providing a reason that we should listen. Can you say hypocrite?

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You don't have to be an authority to criticize others for speaking about a topic in which they likely have zero expertise.

proof of lack of expertise? Oh right, there is none. You don't know someones credentials over the internet. Unless you maybe divine them somehow

"Likely" is the word you seemed to have overlooked.

I didn't overlook anything, but I'm also not under the illusion that Hacker News is a peer reviewed journal. Hacker News doesn't require anything of a commentator, the only requirements are on content.

Unless you can magically ascertain the qualifications, or lack thereof, of someone, maybe you should only criticize on the content of their comments?

> I love how you're complaining about people posting without authority, meanwhile not providing a reason that we should listen. Can you say hypocrite?

There is not even an ounce of hypocrisy.

I didn't make any claims of the US preparedness, nor did I say anything about how the disease may or may not spread. If I was going to do that I would only do so if I had research to back it up with - and I am about to get in the car to drive to dinner with my family so I don't have time to read a bunch of journal articles.

First off, how do you know the credentials of ANYONE commenting? My "profile" doesn't have any information relating to my degrees, my work history, or anything else.

Saying people need a degree to comment is a complete joke. I can make whatever comment I want, regardless of my experience. Get over yourself dude.

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