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This is not a guess. This is factual evidence as publicly admitted by many people like Conan O'Brien. And I should add that I also went to a top school, so its

by codexon 17y ago

This is not a guess. This is factual evidence as publicly admitted by many people like Conan O'Brien. And I should add that I also went to a top school, so its not like I am making this stuff up.

scott_s 17y ago
That's anecdotal evidence, and you're assuming it also applies to this person.
- codexon 17y ago
  What do you think Philip's article is? Its a generalization of people with anecdotal evidence. This is not about Philip himself. I'm not sure why you brought him up specifically in the first place.
- elblanco 17y ago
  I'm going to go out on a limb here and theorize that, since the start of this topic you've consistently taken Mr. Guo's side, pedantically pointing out rules and etiquette, deflecting from what he actually said, not responding to actual quotes from his writings and posts and your general literal mindedness, that you are indeed one of the name-brand school graduates that he feels is victimized by the boorish snobbishness of the tier-1+n school grads. Spank me if I'm wrong. But it's the only thing that adds up. Either that or you are a tier-1+n school grad who's been guilt tripped by this article into rethinking your prior maltreatment of the elite school kids.
  - scott_s 17y ago
    This is old by now, but you should be able to see from my profile that I am at a large, middle-of-the-road state school. Note that I haven't actually defended the authors position, only clarified what he said. I'm not sure if I agree with his position. But I've seen very little discussion on what he actually said. I've spent all of my time explaining what he did and did not say. I've spent no time (that I can think of) defending the position he took. I also like to avoid long, drawn on point-by-point posts, and try to keep things focused by responding to a person's thesis. Pointing out etiquette has nothing to do with this article, and everything to do with liking HN as a place for civil discussion.

by codexon 17y ago

This is not a guess. This is factual evidence as publicly admitted by many people like Conan O'Brien. And I should add that I also went to a top school, so its not like I am making this stuff up.

scott_s 17y ago

That's anecdotal evidence, and you're assuming it also applies to this person.

codexon 17y ago
What do you think Philip's article is? Its a generalization of people with anecdotal evidence. This is not about Philip himself. I'm not sure why you brought him up specifically in the first place.
elblanco 17y ago
I'm going to go out on a limb here and theorize that, since the start of this topic you've consistently taken Mr. Guo's side, pedantically pointing out rules and etiquette, deflecting from what he actually said, not responding to actual quotes from his writings and posts and your general literal mindedness, that you are indeed one of the name-brand school graduates that he feels is victimized by the boorish snobbishness of the tier-1+n school grads. Spank me if I'm wrong. But it's the only thing that adds up. Either that or you are a tier-1+n school grad who's been guilt tripped by this article into rethinking your prior maltreatment of the elite school kids.
- scott_s 17y ago
  This is old by now, but you should be able to see from my profile that I am at a large, middle-of-the-road state school. Note that I haven't actually defended the authors position, only clarified what he said. I'm not sure if I agree with his position. But I've seen very little discussion on what he actually said. I've spent all of my time explaining what he did and did not say. I've spent no time (that I can think of) defending the position he took. I also like to avoid long, drawn on point-by-point posts, and try to keep things focused by responding to a person's thesis. Pointing out etiquette has nothing to do with this article, and everything to do with liking HN as a place for civil discussion.