> Don't you think its a little pretentious to imply those that browse Hacker News are somehow smarter than others in a comment on Hacker News? No. Some people

> Don't you think its a little pretentious to imply those that browse Hacker News are somehow smarter than others in a comment on Hacker News? No. Some people are smarter than others - that's a fact. Hacker news consists of technical discussions on complex topics. Those kind of discussions tend to draw in more intelligent people. Therefore, I have no problem concluding that hn readers are likely to be more intelligent than average.