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Re:Possible Radio Emission from Exoplanet Detected by kortilla on Friday December 18, 2020 @10:29PM (#25474738)
> "the middle-brow dismissal" HN is famous for.

Famous amongst what group?

Re:Possible Radio Emission from Exoplanet Detected by autocorr on Saturday December 19, 2020 @01:59PM (#25480075)
The site guidelines and @dang suggest "shallow dismissal" is now the preferred term. Paul Graham, cofounder of YC explains in a comment, back when he still posted: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4693920