Couldn't speak for the east...

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Post #199,826 by inthane-chan 3/21/05 5:00:10 PM Reply	Couldn't speak for the east... ...but 'nerd' is pretty offensive over here AFAIK. I broadly advertise myself as being the company Alpha-geek, but that doesn't mean anything as far as social acceptability goes. The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not "Eureka!" but "That's funny..." -Isaac Asimov
Post #199,828 by pwhysall 3/21/05 5:02:08 PM Reply	And in the UK, neither have particularly +ve connotations. Peter [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu Linux] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!

Anyone interested in the predictive power of dreams? - (SignorMonsanto) - (31) - March 16, 2005, 10:01:33 PM EST

dreams can be predictive retrospectally - (boxley) - March 16, 2005, 10:52:30 PM EST

Count me in as a believer - (bionerd) - (28) - March 17, 2005, 10:49:48 AM EST

Think critically about it. - (pwhysall) - (18) - March 17, 2005, 11:58:04 AM EST

I knew someone would bring that up - (bionerd) - (1) - March 17, 2005, 01:27:12 PM EST

** applause ** - (drewk) - March 17, 2005, 05:16:51 PM EST

Scientists go bump in the night . . - (Andrew Grygus) - March 17, 2005, 02:05:19 PM EST

You seem to be reality challenged - (ben_tilly) - (9) - March 17, 2005, 05:45:11 PM EST

Eh? - (pwhysall) - March 18, 2005, 01:33:10 AM EST

Ah.. a fav Windmill - (Ashton) - March 18, 2005, 05:11:10 AM EST

Bio*GEEK*? - (bionerd) - (6) - March 18, 2005, 10:25:58 AM EST

Re: Bio*GEEK*? - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Aug. 21, 2007, 12:44:19 PM EDT

ICLRPD^3 (new thread) - (Steve Lowe) - March 18, 2005, 11:45:30 AM EST

Gah, sorry. I use nerd/geek interchangeably - (ben_tilly) - (3) - March 18, 2005, 03:52:44 PM EST

Not to worry - (bionerd) - March 18, 2005, 04:53:53 PM EST

Couldn't speak for the east... - (inthane-chan) - (1) - March 21, 2005, 05:00:10 PM EST

And in the UK, neither have particularly +ve connotations. -NT - (pwhysall) - March 21, 2005, 05:02:08 PM EST

Look at Scott's post in the science forum - (bionerd) - (4) - March 18, 2005, 10:49:47 AM EST

The paranormal suffers from lack of explanation - (warmachine) - (1) - March 18, 2005, 11:39:36 AM EST

Lack of explanation is a non-issue - (ben_tilly) - March 18, 2005, 03:57:44 PM EST

OT: To do a Linky - (Another Scott) - (1) - March 19, 2005, 11:46:39 AM EST

Don't forget option 3 - (ben_tilly) - March 19, 2005, 11:47:02 AM EST

You may be ignoring negatives - (warmachine) - (8) - March 17, 2005, 06:45:06 PM EST

Sure, any of those could be true - (bionerd) - (7) - March 18, 2005, 10:31:59 AM EST

I prefer 'what is likely and possible?' - (warmachine) - (1) - March 18, 2005, 11:07:37 AM EST

'how cause generates effect' - (Ashton) - March 19, 2005, 06:13:28 AM EST

Another possibility... - (Steven A S) - (4) - March 18, 2005, 02:12:35 PM EST

OT - your picture - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - March 18, 2005, 02:42:47 PM EST

Re: OT - your picture - (Steven A S) - (1) - March 18, 2005, 04:18:17 PM EST

OT - twiddle the gamma. - (static) - March 21, 2005, 09:42:07 PM EST

This is how memory always works - (ben_tilly) - March 18, 2005, 04:01:46 PM EST

I guess I'm a believer - (Nightowl) - March 17, 2005, 11:09:12 PM EST

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