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I completely agree with you here. There are certainly geeks (and HN seems to have a higher concentration of them) who haven't fallen into the trap of making a
by mightybyte 18y ago
I completely agree with you here. There are certainly geeks (and HN seems to have a higher concentration of them) who haven't fallen into the trap of making a macroeconomic belief part of their identity. But there are plenty who have. This guy appears to be ranting at all of them, with the questionable implied assumption that you can't have useful things to say on complex topics without some kind of advanced degree.
- ellyagg 18y agoWhy do people keep saying that? He didn't suggest any implied assumption like that at all. And, no, if you don't understand the system, then you can have very little of value to say on it. Just precisely like if I don't understand quantum mechanics, it would be extremely stupid of me to make passionate forum posts about it.