Have yet more anti-nerd talk going on on my FB. Very worrying. I need stats on any political trends in relation to nerdiness.
I can't agree there. I think they're more likely to do their own thing whilst extroverts feel more pressure to conform to an identity.
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In general I agree, but I think that there's a subset who are willing to at least superficially subscribe to an ideology that paints them…
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as misunderstood heroes, individuals who know what's really going on, while society is full of gullible fools. It sounds appealing to some.
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Absolutely. Again,I'm thinking of the engineers who joined ISIS. But I'm not sure this encapsulates nerds who are mostly passionate abt work
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I think most are highly resistant to this stuff, but those few who are susceptible can be drawn in very quickly.
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Look at the "lone wolf" narrative - they're loners, seemingly harmless, but suddenly they do something awful. Sound like anyone (group)?
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I think the ego-damage that leads someone to cling to extremist ideology is orthogonal to the intellectual intensity/passion of nerdiness.
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