I'm not talking about the earlier comment at all, but rather about the entirety of PKD's output.

Great. Good job doing your research, but your input and cross-link were not relevant to this thread focusing on that earlier comment.

"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith.

Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents. Omit internet tropes.

Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Great. Noted. Moving on...