Nerdy and Proud

Not a lot of people know me really well, but if you know me at all, you'll know that I'm a lot of things, but really, first and foremost, I am a nerd. Use whatever technical term you like; nerd, geek, weirdo, they all effectively, in the sense that I'm speaking of, which for the purposes of this blog is correct, they all mean, generally the sane thing. Perhaps weirdo is an exception to this rule but people do tend to make the links between weird and geeky, but that's for reasons I'm really not sure I get. The term nerd is used as an insult far too often, and that is part of the thing that frustrates me. People need to learn what an insult is. An insult should be calling someone something that they do not wish to be or it is not good to be. When you call someone a nerd as an insult and they are actually a nerd with no exceptions, it just isn't an insult, because it is not a bad thing to be a nerd. Calling someone a nerd is like saying "Hey! You are way to enthusiastic about the mirical of human consciousness," (paraphrasing John Green). Furthermore, the world needs geeks! Without the speccy bookworms that we all (well, most of us) know and love, the world would not exist as it does today. Where would we be without Einstein? Stephen Hawking? Stephen Fry (I know he's not a scientist but he is most deffinitely a nerd)? Without literary geniuses like Shakespeare there would be no books. Without computer geeks there would be no Internet. Without camera geeks there would be no films or TV. The world is run by smart people but for some reason, a distinct percentage of the population of our world discriminates the geniuses because they're different. Of course, we, as the nerdy community, handle the jabs at our pride with relative ease, because we can't change the fact that discrimination happens to everybody, no matter who they are or what that do. If we change the way that we percieve people, the whole world will change. Can you imagine a world where everybody is a genius? The world would not be able to cope. Sure, with the millions of billions of full-blown Einstein's out there, someone would probably figure out a cure for disease and world hunger and poverty and global warming within a few days of universal cleverness, and the lives of billions of people would be drastically improved, but then what happens? We'd always be human, and just like we have wars now, there'd still be war in the world of mass academic superiority. Only this time, the wars would be everywhere. Chaos would break out on the streets. It is human nature to believe that we are right, and it is natural instinct to want to make others see your point of view, therefore massive arguments woult break out about the stupidest of details. We wouldn't be able to cope, and eventually, hopefully, evolution would kick in and make us thick again. Back to my original point, yes, it's okay to be nerdy, and no, people shouldn't discriminate everybody for being who they are. But please, please oh please, stay who you are.