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Comment author: wedrifid 21 September 2011 01:22:44PM 0 points [-]

ETA: Maybe that's one reason for this phenomenon: people trying to sound smart instead of trying to be smart.

Agree technically. Yes, that is one reason that our kind can't cooperate. Of course I would reverse the connotation that our kind makes that particular mistake more than others.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 21 September 2011 01:43:34PM *  0 points [-]

My impression is that we -- geekish people in general -- do this a lot more than others. Uttering any generalisation seems to trigger people to respond with an exception, no matter how nugatory or irrelevant.

ETA: See also Well, actually.

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