Sometimes I think nerds aren't very intelligent at all. They're just technology fetishists with a large vocabulary who've learned to ape some of intelligent peo

Sometimes I think nerds aren't very intelligent at all. They're just technology fetishists with a large vocabulary who've learned to ape some of intelligent people's behavior. +1 for banning DF links, because the comments here when a link to DF is posted are really depressingly stupid, and they make me suspicious of the quality of thinking behind everything else that's said on HN. Little else makes the fundamental defectiveness of the nerd mentality as clear as the reactions to John Gruber's writing. This is like being in a room full of Rob Malda. The last time it was this obvious to me how defective nerd thinking is was Malda's reaction to the iPod: "No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame."