<s>[INST] I think the use of headers in markdown goes against the principles of markdown's original intent, which was to create readable content without much formatting and emphasis on simplicity.

I'm a big fan of Markdown (and I was one of the first 100 users of Stack Overflow, before it was public). And while I love the expressiveness of markdown, I think the use of Headers (i.e. # headers) is a holdout from HTML that doesn't belong in Markdown.

When I write Markdown, I prefer to use *italics* and **bold**, and sometimes __underlining__ and ~~strikethrough~~. But when it comes to indicating "headings", I rely on manually typing out the words "Introduction", "Methods", "Results", and "Discussion", because to me, those words are the most meaningful part of the content itself.

My point is that Markdown should be simple and readable, without a lot of extra markup cluttering up the text. The current implementation of headers in Markdown, using the "#" symbol, introduces a level of technical complexity that I don't think belongs in a "markdown" document.

I'd rather see the emphasis on readability and simplicity in Markdown, rather than trying to create a pseudo-HTML document in Markdown.

Do you agree with my perspective on the use of headers in markdown?[/INST]