I would add that this stupid tau thing speaks to the conspiratorialist instinct common to many HN readers. You see, the self-evident truth of tau's superiority has been masterfully obscured by powerful dark forces in an attempt to protect their crude economic self interest, and if you don't agree, you're obviously either part of the conspiracy or one of the sheeple that's been snowed by it.
I have had that thought, but find it incredibly hard to entertain. Do you genuinely believe it, or is it just something that explains why others' opinions might differ?
I should have put quotes around everything following the first sentence and attritubted it to a hypothetical (and straw-man) tinfoil hat-wearing tau advocate.
