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Anti-establishment but intellectual.

"Every revolutionary is a closet aristocrat." - Frank Herbert

interested to hear what people think about this question. i would say unequivocally yes, but i wrote the post.

To me 'highbrow' means someone who enjoys things that they think are intelligent.

Whilst the actual level of the articles and discussion may be in doubt, the important point is that HNers would like them to be intellectual.

i found there's a great deal of pro-higher-ed elitism here. the "if you didn't do grad school CS you can't possibly be as good as me" mindset, in particular.