and then people go on tangents only marginally relevant to the intent of the original article
I don’t think I’ve ever seen any forum in which (1) informal unstructured discussions are commonplace and (2) what you just described doesn’t happen. It may or may not be a bad thing, but it isn’t the fault of rationality.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen any forum in which (1) informal unstructured discussions are commonplace and (2) what you just described doesn’t happen. It may or may not be a bad thing, but it isn’t the fault of rationality.