And they’re all dumber than John von Neumann, who cares?

Transitively, you haven't thought the most thoughts or cared the most about anything, therefore we should disregard what you think and care about?

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jackblemming 6 hours ago | parent [-]

The person replying was trying to turn the conversation into some sort of IQ pissing contest. Not sure why, that seems like their own problem. I was reminding them that there is always someone smarter.

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wiseowise 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Your comment history is littered with “nerds”, “elite”, “better” and all sorts of comparisons.

> I was reminding them that there is always someone smarter.

And even with this comment you literally do not understand that you have some skewed view of the world. Do you have some high school trauma?

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efilife 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Do you have some high school trauma?

I am not sure ad personam is appropriate here

	▲	wiseowise 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		This is a thread about their personality. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46701378

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jackblemming 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Where I come from, nerd is a term of endearment buddy.

> And even with this comment you literally do not understand that you have some skewed view of the world.

I’m well aware I don’t have a perfect view of reality and the map isn’t the territory. Do you?