That was how I read your “you would rather feel superior to the “normies” than understand them.
Ah, I understand how I gave that impression.
IMO there is a big difference between trying to feel superior to normies and trying to look superior to normies. The latter could be a status grab.
Your post above did not look like a status grab to me, because IMO it did not make you look good. I did not imagine that anyone on Less Wrong would think: “Wow, this guy looks down on ‘normies’ - he is so cool!”
Ah, I understand how I gave that impression.
IMO there is a big difference between trying to feel superior to normies and trying to look superior to normies. The latter could be a status grab.
Your post above did not look like a status grab to me, because IMO it did not make you look good. I did not imagine that anyone on Less Wrong would think: “Wow, this guy looks down on ‘normies’ - he is so cool!”