Maybe we need another poll to see how many of the nubs are actually hackers...

I never call myself a hacker, because when I studied ESR's writings I was educated about the fact "that no one is a hacker until another hacker calls him so".

(The antithesis to this attitude is, one word, "lifehacker".)

I concur, but I wanted to get the point across as succinctly as possible, without going off on that particular tangent.

agreed. finally found a good aggregator that didn't seem to have the flamebait/trolling that plagues the numerous others. Really hoping that doesn't happen here as well.

Agreed.

I feel so strongly that this doesn't belong on HN, I've done something I vary rarely do. Cast a downvote. Not just one either, but I've downvoted every comment here discussing religion, regardless of their stance. I haven't downvoted those discussing the relevance of this thread on HN though.