There are definitely bots on here trying to blend in. You're right, this feels like a good one. Either that or a somewhat confused person. Or it could just be an amazing analogy. Now I'm confused.
I think it's someone jokingly commenting on the article's relevance to core HN interests. e.g., a better "why is this on HN?!"
Didn't read the article and can't work out how it applies to modern auto-/theo-/techno-cratic notions?
Trolling/confused/off-topic. seems to have other credible non-bot-like comments
Hint: if someone else is being eaten, in reality or as a social-construct/bearing-metaphor, it is cannibalism. True enlightenment means we're both meat. Or, not.