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It comes with thinking a superficial understanding of lots of things makes you qualified to to belittle others "less enlightened".
by hueving 10y ago
It comes with thinking a superficial understanding of lots of things makes you qualified to to belittle others "less enlightened".
- iamdave 10y agoYour comment reminds me of a very specific Clark and Dawe skit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ue9ek9tTSg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ue9ek9tTSg
- npunt 10y agoOne person's "superficial understanding of lots of things" is another person's deep understanding of how humans act and how they rationalize their actions, regardless of domain.
- exolymph 10y agoJournalists get bombarded with smarmy bullshit all day. Snark is a coping mechanism.
- evgen 10y agoSounds like you just described every HN comment ever: 'Oh, you understand red-black trees and just scanned two Wikipedia articles? Let me hear more about your theories on political economy and your pronouncements on environmental policy regarding the Amazon...'