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So smart necessarily means socially incapable? Haven't we had enough of this generalization yet?


Nerd doesn't mean smart. Nerd refers to a particular kind of obsessive skill in a narrow field.

People with laser-like obsessions tend to have poor social skills, whether they are programmers or otakus.




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