You're right, I misinterpreted it. I thought the "post-FAA employment prospects" was the package, but of course it means actual post employment opportunities. I'm just skimming through it too quickly.
As of right now my post has 7 upvotes and no downvotes which means 7 people agreed with me. That means either a lot of people didn't read the article or they misread the article like I did.
I wonder how many downvotes my post will get after they read your comment which essentially categorically proves my initial reply is completely and utterly wrong.
Which goes to show how many people just skip over reading the article and go straight to the comment section for a summary/full analysis.
I upvoted you, trusting your summary in lieu of having read the article. I've now changed that to a downvote. I read the articles to maybe 1/3 of the stories whose comments I browse.
The great thing about HN is that misinformation is quickly rectified. Usually.
It’s because people get a dopamine hit from reacting emotionally to stories.
On the other hand, reading before reacting requires resisting going after the dopamine hit and actually works the other way. You have to get sadder consuming time and attention to read material that may or may not be informative.
A large percentage of Hacker News is the reaction (probably a majority). And if you point out that they haven’t read the article, some people treat it as a personal attack because it shows them in bad light. Then they start arguing.
Not always. I now have 10 upvotes. That likely means more than 10 people voted me up and didn't see that the following reply renders my statement completely incorrect.
As of right now my post has 7 upvotes and no downvotes which means 7 people agreed with me. That means either a lot of people didn't read the article or they misread the article like I did.
I wonder how many downvotes my post will get after they read your comment which essentially categorically proves my initial reply is completely and utterly wrong.
Which goes to show how many people just skip over reading the article and go straight to the comment section for a summary/full analysis.