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>The HN crowd is not your average layman - it's largely well read and educated people.

People need to stop thinking this. There's no filter in front of the HN sign up. The community here is the same as the community anywhere else on the internet. We aren't special

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That's a very valid point! I simply assumed due to the subject matter (coding discussion, in depth tech industry discussions), the average HN reader would be more well read as opposed to your average X user.

Why? Why do you believe that someone familiar with coding discussion and tech industry discussions to be more likely to be well read than an average person? I am explicitly asking you to reconsider these assumptions, think about where they come from, and think if they have any real data to back them up at all

because someone familiar with coding discussion will likely have a basic grasp on logic and maths.

this alone makes them more ‘well read’ than the average X user, especially considering all the conspiracy theories (and groupthink) floating around on the site.

Being deeply informed on a handful of subjects is not the same as "more well read"

It's "more well read about those subjects" :)

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