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"People here don't really like the word autodidactic". What fact do you have to back your statement?

When you are dealing with a community you should be careful when saying "People here".

"Try and keep it to a fifth grade level". Now why would you insult someone intelligence when they reach out to others for their opinions, and help.



I believe he is referring to this thread.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=198809


We had a discussion about 'autodidact' and 'self-learner' a while back. Perhaps he was referring to that.


I wasn't insulting the intelligence of the guy reaching out for help, I was insulting the intelligence of the fraction of the YC membership that thinks autodidactic is pretentious.




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