Several people have asked about comments. Comments were originally part of the site, but we took the down in favor of hypotheses and forecasts.

However, became clear that 1) people just expect them, and 2) it seemed too much like we were trying to channel contributions and conversation, at the expense of giving readers the chance to talk to each other. So they're back.

Consider it proof of our willingness to pay attention to our users! I can't promise we'll implement every suggestion, and of course we have a long internal list of improvements, but we are listening...