I don't think that's an accurate read of Smil. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32288434. I haven't read much of him, mind you, but I don't suppose most people angrily dismissing his arguments have either.

More generally: HN commenters need to stick to the site guidelines regardless of provocation. Would you guys mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html? They're pretty clear about cases like this:

"Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive."

"Please don't pick the most provocative thing in an article or post to complain about in the thread. Find something interesting to respond to instead."