Hi! I'm a nerd in many respects but I am enough of a normal person to have noticed a sense of offensewhile reading this. Perhaps I am an unrepresentative sample: I was offended because I want to believe that I am engaging in real thought, and that I have a map of the world that I refer to when constructing my answers, but I suspect that secretly I am just a button-presser when you get right down to it. I did feel pretty dehumanized, actually.
I actually feel as though I am not able to adequately participate in either form of communication, the nerd or... (read more)
Hi! I'm a nerd in many respects but I am enough of a normal person to have noticed a sense of offense while reading this. Perhaps I am an unrepresentative sample: I was offended because I want to believe that I am engaging in real thought, and that I have a map of the world that I refer to when constructing my answers, but I suspect that secretly I am just a button-presser when you get right down to it. I did feel pretty dehumanized, actually.
I actually feel as though I am not able to adequately participate in either form of communication, the nerd or... (read more)