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Dangerous how? Toxic to humans? At risk of unsettling sand around a rover/human? Is the question asking if they are something that would consciously attack someone?

Everything is dangerous. The key to mitigating that danger is planning ahead for it. A leaf seems harmless, but infection from a cut the leaf gave you could kill you. A marshmallow is fluffy and soft, but if you swallow it without chewing, it could expand and suffocate you.

Asking if something is dangerous is ridiculous. Asking what it is and how to safely handle it is not. The article does a much better job portraying this than the headline does.



Seems like they're just trying to get some more clicks.


Betteridge's Law of Headlines is an adage that states, "Any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word 'no'".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridges_Law_of_Headlines


We know.

https://www.google.com/search?q=site:news.ycombinator.com+be...

It's been mentioned 19 times already in the last month according to Google.


I didn't. First time I read about it.

Either way it doesn't seem very constructive - or gentlemanly - to downvote an informed - and depending on the reader informative - comment.


I downvoted because it's not relevant to its parent. As freehunter points out, the answer's not "no" it's "please refine the question". Perhaps you found my mini-analysis on the frequency of Betteridge references informative, in which case I welcome your upvotes.


It's getting past informative when I see it posted on every story that involves a question mark. It's an annoying HN meme that needs to go away.


Breaking Headline! "Is Betterridge's Law of Headlines actually a Law?"


No.




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