A few random thoughts on comments.

I generally never read the comments to an article or a blog. When it comes to news, I'm used to reading a newspaper or hearing a radio story and accepting (or sometimes rejecting) the conclusions based on the evidence presented. When it comes to a blog, I see it as a peek into the mind of someone I don't know, and I don't want the distraction or noise of other minds drowning out the first one.

And I therefore never (ok, rarely now) write a comment.