I&#x27;m genuinely curious as to why HN so regularly has articles about various &quot;wouldn&#x27;t it be great if this worked but obviously it never will&quot; scams&#x2F;inventions&#x2F;measurement errors on the front page.<p>Is it because there is a contingent of HN voters who are true believers in this stuff?<p>Is it &quot;point at the silly people and laugh&quot;?<p>Is it some kind of attempt to make a meta point about credulity or discuss scams or something?