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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 2

    Helen Pluckrose Retweeted simon evans

    I have been informed by my 13yr old daughter who is a reliable source on such matters that a nerd is a very brainy person utterly absorbed in their work whilst a geek is someone with an all-consuming interest in something not widely considered cool.https://twitter.com/thesimonevans/status/959389050368135168 …

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    simon evans @TheSimonEvans
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    Is there widely accepted distinction between nerds and geeks? is geek more ability based, nerd more negatively socially maladaptated based?
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      1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 2

        Therefore, she modestly does not claim the mantle of nerdhood when she does her thing of congregating online with like-minded geeks to talk endlessly abt video games, anime and programming.

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      1. Raymond McCue  💗⚤ 💜⚣ 💙,  🏳️‍🌈‏ @RayMcCue Feb 2
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        A youngling with a functioning mind? She is the chosen one!pic.twitter.com/JDHgvB5dwZ

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      1. Si  🚴🏻‏ @Si_Copath Feb 2
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        That’s an excellent explanation. Bravo to your daughter.

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      1. SmooshedPotato‏ @SmooshedPotato Feb 2
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        Yes, she is correct.

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      1. Mark Scurry‏ @MarkScurry Feb 2
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        I’d like to be the first; I strongly suspect I’m the latter.

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      2. David Clifford‏ @djhc2 Feb 2
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        My 14yo confirms. I needed this corrective too, so I go with it. All the cool kids want to be nerds apparently. Which is an upside-down world from the one I grew up in.

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      1. B₉ = ⓥ + 𝓐‏ @D_A_M_B Feb 2
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        Thank God (or Lucy), some people still know + respect definitions. 🖖

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      1. Paul Coddington‏ @PaulCoddington Feb 2
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        I've discovered you can be both at the same time. 🤪

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