What I see is that people are warm and fuzzy when it comes to human interest type stuff. But that when it comes to hardcore rationality material, commenters often seem focused on getting other people to be less wrong rather than trying to be less wrong themselves! Jesus's comment

Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' and behold, the log is in your own eye? "First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.

seems highly relevant here, as does my (perhaps unnecessarily inflammatory) comment here.

I know that I may be misreading the situation, as my social skills are mediocre, so if your own take on the situation is different, I'd be happy to hear it.