Geek = intelligence + obsession - social ineptitude
I often get the question from journalists, but this brilliant Venn diagram explains it all. The difference between a nerd and a geek is, that a nerd is socially inept and a geek is not. They share, however, their intelligence and a passion for (in our case) anything IT, internet or computer related.
By the way, a stupid nerd is called a dork. A nerd without passion is just a dweeb.
on September 7th, 2009 at 10:49 am
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on September 7th, 2009 at 10:51 am
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on September 7th, 2009 at 11:11 am
Finally, a good and short explanation on the matter… :-) I’ll be using this a LOT ;-)! Thanks!
on September 7th, 2009 at 11:45 am
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on September 8th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Nice graph. Replacing the phrase ’social ineptitude’ with a positive one (’social skills’ ? ) might add the feeling of a bull’s eye you’re targeting.
on September 8th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
This just might have something to do with why someone decided to call the Flemish/Dutch ‘beauty and the geek’ ‘beauty en de nerd’? Apart from the apparent pure fun of totally ruining the original pun, of course.
on September 21st, 2009 at 2:18 pm
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