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It’s just a title for deeply arrogant people try and elevate themselves above what they consider to be “the dumb ones”.

And you think yourself different from “most people”?

Everyone is “most people” to someone. The arrogance in your comment alone makes me put you into the “most people” category.

Are you expecting some kind of positive reinforcement by saying this or were you just hoping to humble brags and leave it at that? Some applause maybe?

Gotta love all the “I don’t consider myself intelligent but…”.

HN is one bad UX decision away from becoming the new LinkedIn. Humble brags galore!

Potato, potahto.

X is the same as Instagram, that’s the same as reddit, that’s the same as HN.

The difference is in what flavour of propaganda are you most interest in and what type of bullshit are you willing to swallow.

Let’s not pretend X is bad because of Musk alone. HN can be just as terrible too.

Nah, people here often have knowledge in varied but very niche subjects, but because this is the place for niche subjects, you can always find a handful of people knowledgeable on any given subject.

Plus, it’s fairly common to see people saying the most amazingly simple things but with big words, fancy terms, heavy phrasing and all that just to sound that little bit smarter.

None of that tells me people here are more intelligent than the average Joe walking by living their life. Just that people here flock on posts with subjects they enjoy or know a bit about.

It’s very easy to sound intelligent, all you have to do is leave people confused with a bit of theatre and misdirection (oh, and a dash of arrogance!). True intelligence, though, is owning what you don’t know. True intelligence is not trying to make everyone around you feel dumber so you can be the clever clogs.