Just Because I Wear Glasses Does Not Mean I'm A Nerd, And I Have The Science To Prove It!

A study published in the March edition of Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, lays to rest the long-held view that people who are short-sighted (myopic) are socially withdrawn and conscientious, in other words a nerd. "In multivariate analysis with age, sex, education, and the five personality factors entered as predictors, openness was the only significant personality predictor of myopia in both samples," the researchers, who sound a little bit nerdy, wrote. "People who score highly on this [trait] tend to have a wide range of interests, are often well-educated and widely read," so I guess they are more likely to be geeks! hmmm. CBC has more.

Nerds and Geeks

Wired has posted an interview with comedian Patton Oswalt on the eve of the release of Pixar's Ratatouille, in which he voices one of the main characters. I personally enjoyed the part of the interview in which he confesses to being a geek! Oswalt says "A lot of nerds aren't aware they're nerds. A geek has thrown his hands up to the universe and gone, 'I speak Klingon — who am I fooling? You win! I'm just gonna openly like what I like.' Geeks tend to be a little happier with themselves." In other words you probably won't find a greatbignerd.com site, we geeks are more open about our geekyness... hmm, must check that URL out! Whadda ya know... it's available!