Sure, but when you have people claiming Newton was overrated and everything invented was just easy, I think the term "stupid" does apply.

You're comparing a cellphone designer with some wins and a lot of losses in his portfolio to Isaac Newton...

It could also be a case that there are malicious actors (human or bots) trolling and seeking to destroy conversations (and HN), rather than stupidity.

Someone raised the idea of flagging new accounts. That would make it easier to simply ignore them.