Mainly because it invites downvotes, ad hominem attacks and general hostility from other parties. For example, this thread from yesterday: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11654161" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11654161</a><p>I don&#x27;t think that rational inquiry and trolling are necessarily disjoint sets.