Have yet more anti-nerd talk going on on my FB. Very worrying. I need stats on any political trends in relation to nerdiness.
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Because the claim is that they tend towards the alt-right & this is not my experience at all in relation to history or tech nerds at my unis
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Mine is that highly-analytical, low-socially-skilled people are less drawn to ideology than average whether religious or political.
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Mmm… unfortunately I'm inclined to suspect the opposite, on average.
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Actually, maybe not on average, but there's a subset for whom a complete ideology as an identity is very appealing.
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The "Alt Right" gives some of these guys an out group to blame for their own self hatred and it does it very explicitly.
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There's a reason arseholes like PJW talk about never leaving their flat
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I would argue he's no nerd. While nerd generally implies low social skill& interactions, the opposite not necessarily
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No, exactly - he's trying to appeal to the crowd. No way is he stuck in all day.
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But you're using 'nerd' in another way. I'm not talking about shut-ins but highly analytical, brainy types with weaker social skills.
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