anti-intellectualism

You are not the other side, you are just representing the anti-intellectualism that is not too popular on HN.

Making something easy to use doesn't commit one to anti-intellectualism; it just shifts the field of intellectual challenge elsewhere.

You would have to define what anti-intellectualism means first.

On the other hand, this anti-intellectualism is more pronounced in crappy jobs, so it might be a good filtering mechanism.

As a society, we're continuing to spend resources fighting amongst ourselves to combat bigotry, anti-intellectualism, etc.

Trust me, there really is a strange element of anti-intellectualism in America.

It's some kind of anti-intellectualism but I feel like it must be more specific.

Yes, there is a strange element of anti-intellectualism in America.

Given this, I wonder if modern anti-intellectualism stems from this sensible defensive mechanism.

The anti-intellectualism of attacking models has become really disconcerting.

Sorry, but how is this not just anti-intellectualism?

When you realize how wholly out of your field you are, it should become clear that your concerns are rooted in anti-intellectualism and rabid ideology, and nothing else.

Regardless of one's position on "knowledge", criticism of college is a form of anti-intellectualism.

The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge"

But intellectualism is hard, anti-intellectualism, as in hiding behind a doctrine that has been "thought out" for you (say by a church or a political party) is far easier.

Even though the CommodityScrumProgrammer phenomenon has been a massive failure in economic terms-- the Forces of Evil have won on ego terms but utterly dominating their targets, but they've lost money -- it has been a cultural success that has inflicted mediocrity, anti-intellectualism, and subordinacy to "The Business", on the software industry.

Anti-intellectualism isn't a thread winding it's way through our democracy, that it's a cornerstone of our democracy.