On: Writer of "Of Geeks and Girls" responds to some HN comments

[hugh_]

It seems to me that the fact that your friends referred to fellow students that weren't as clever as them as "scum" would seem to confirm another of the unattractive stereotypes about geek culture.

[anthonyb → hugh_]

It seems to me that he was railing more against the attitude

> "I like playing games, so obviously I'm a CS genius"

rather than their intelligence.