[SwellJoe]

The first post on the topic was mostly negative-- with good reason.

You consider that post negative? That might be another strange trait worth thinking about...

(Like many at HN, I'm afflicted with nearly all of the traits under discussion. But I'm not of the opinion that it is due to a new magical type of brain.)

[learninglisp]

Trying to assimilate all of the data... trying not to jump to premature conclusions.... Trying to be clear without being overly romantic or pessimistic....

I want a Jean Piaget to work out the experiments and pin down this further....

[swombat]

For the record, I don't think it's a "new" type of brain. The reason I chose the "hyperbrain" moniker is purely arbitrary. I needed something to call this particular type of mind, and I don't believe there is a term that covers it at the moment. And hyperbrain sounds kinda cool ;-)