[personjerry]

Apologies, I guess that was more of a reference appropriate for Reddit than HN.

> I too am very smart.

is a reference to the subreddit at https://www.reddit.com/r/iamverysmart which points out people describing themselves as very smart, often in ironic ways. I realize now that it may have looked like I was actually making a claim about my own intelligence; I was not.

[Dylan16807]

The joke was clear, but as eric_h explained it is largely a non-sequitur when talking about deliberate ignorance.