The original MetaFilter comment lays the idea out in a much more balanced way than this article does, imo. The discussion of the idea here looks to be well on its way to mirroring that on MetaFilter (Ask vs Guess became a major part of that site's culture, it came up in quite a few threads over time.)
(To me the most interesting thing about the concept is that you can immediately tell from people's reaction to it which category they personally fall into.)
https://ask.metafilter.com/55153/Whats-the-middle-ground-bet...
(To me the most interesting thing about the concept is that you can immediately tell from people's reaction to it which category they personally fall into.)