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Re:The Impotence of Being Clever by raldi on Saturday December 03, 2022 @09:48AM (#33843845)
Based on the fact that this is the top-rated comment, it would seem to be a position shared by a significant chunk of the HN readership.
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Re:The Impotence of Being Clever by giraffe_lady on Saturday December 03, 2022 @10:08AM (#33844006)
I think a significant chunk of the HN readership doesn't frequently read non-technical nonfiction, yes.
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Re:The Impotence of Being Clever by raldi on Saturday December 03, 2022 @10:52AM (#33844348)
Is that not also a true statement about the population at large?
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Re:The Impotence of Being Clever by giraffe_lady on Saturday December 03, 2022 @12:35PM (#33845281)
Maybe I don't know. But we've self-selected into a forum where the main activity is the discussion of writing so I would expect us to be more practiced and open-minded about it than average.
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