Comment by vintermann

20 hours ago

I don't know, that's commendable self-insight, it's true of lots and lots of people but there are few who would admit it!

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ninetyninenine  15 hours ago

I am unique. Totally. It is not like HN is flooded with cognition or psychology or IQ articles every other hour. Not at all. And whenever one shows up, you do not immediately get a parade of people diagnosing themselves with whatever the headline says. Never happens. You post something about slow thinking and suddenly half the thread whispers “that is literally me.” You post something about fast thinking and the other half says “finally someone understands my brain.” You post something about overthinking and everyone shows up with “wow I feel so seen.” You post something about attention and now the entire site has ADHD.

But yes. I am the unique one.

  • tptacek  9 hours ago

    HN is not in fact flooded with cognition, psychology, and IQ articles every other hour.

    • ninetyninenine  6 hours ago

      There was more prior to AI but yes I exaggerated it. I mean it’s obvious right? The title of this page is hacker so it must be tech related articles every hour.

      But articles on IQ and cognition and psychology are extremely common in HN. Enough to be noticeably out of place.

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