It's the same as the "I can work 60 hours productivly" brigade. All the studies, for over a century (yes, century, not decades) have shown otherwise. They are studies that show that people delude themselves into thinking they are more productive than they are. And yet, no matter how many articles and papers you post, nope.

HN insists.

They are ingrained memes on HN that won't, despite all the evidence you ever post, go away.

So why bother? You can google it yourself, and then promptly ignore all the professional studies and still believe in open plan offices. It's simply not worth the effort.

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But seriously, how can NOT putting large number of people together for long times not cause diseases? That's one of major reason flu starts during the winter...

Not the author of the comment you're replying to but elsewhere in this thread (in response to someone else looking for studies) I provided links to numerous articles that each cite/link multiple studies: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9611091

But to be helpful, http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Open+office+plans+productivity