Geek Definition and 23 Threads

Do the stereotypical nerds and geeks really exist? I am talking about socially awkward timid loners who are also highly intelligent in Science, Mathematics, Technology, and Engineering. What happens to them later in real life? Do they really end up as unemployed or menial workers because of...

i always start with 'may i ask a question,...'

Dr. Courtney submitted a new PF Insights post Trials and Tribulations of a Physicist who Became a Math Geek Continue reading the Original PF Insights Post.

Greetings. It's my pleasure to introduce my self..well, I'm Ayran Thane Olckers born and raised in South Africa, Currently living in the UK. I am not new per say, however I never introduced myself on the forums. I am currently studying a BSc Natural Sciences at Open University, pursuing my...

Hey, weird post but I am interested in science and building things and I wanted to ask any good ways to learn and have fun at home with science (preferably physics) and also some ideas of stuff I can use physics knowledge to build. THANKS!

I've seen various shirts with physics and math written all over them. The most common one is the shirt with all the Maxwell equations written and "... and there was light". I never had the desire to own such shirts before... till now. During my trip to the Kennedy Space Center this past...

I am very interested in physics. I have been trying to learn physics but I cannot find anything good and free to learn. It doesn't have to cover modern physics but nice if it did. I have no problem with maths, apart from calculus but i would like to learn.

Apparently we nerds are marked. This weekend I made a run over to a business located on the coast to help a new customer that needed a quick fix. I had never done business with this company before so I wasn't quite sure where I was going or where to find my contact. I pulled into a large parking...

I'm warning you, this might be a long read. I'm a senior in high school, and I've had a history of occasionally being subpar in math, but I've always been a bit of a scientific thinker and am fascinated by space. The majors I'm primarily interested in fall into Biology, Physics...

I would like for you to suggest possible criteria for determining if someone is a nerd, dork, or geek. Those can be three different things. Here are some thoughts I had a few days ago: "I decide to go on Physics Forums instead of playing Halo. That proves I'm a nerd." (Halo's awesome by the...

I think I love this woman. :) She wishes us a happy Metrology day! http://www.worldmetrologyday.org/ She had a guest as well, and let him actually SPEAK.

Its been a while since I've been on here. I moved to the Portland area, and was wondering if there was any more people from this forum in or around Portland? Oh yeah- I'm geeky again now... I'm just looking to see if any PF members want to hang out some time. Should I look in another...

I remember an episode of The Simpsons, where a mathematic geek received no attention of his fellow peers, so he shouted: PI IS EXACTLY THREE! I just couldn't help laughing:D OK, over to my recent low-leveled mathematics-discovery, regarding whether i is not equal to 1, -1 nor anything like...

This is a different Nerd test than the other ones we've had here. Tri-Lamb Material 78 % Nerd, 30% Geek, 52% Dork For The Record: A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often...

I'm not sure if this may have been posted before or not but I just found it and thought I would share. http://www.brunching.com/images/geekchartbig.gif

Yeah, engineering can be dangerous if you are an idiot. Today, I was in an attic - one that I had just commented on how open it was - when I ducked under one duct and came back up into the corner of a flanged joint between two sections of the next duct. It didn't hurt much, so I was thinking I...

Well in the spirit of the gift giving season, I thought it might be nice to have a list of cool geek gifts. This could help the "no time to shop" people too! My favorite one was what I gave all the groomsmen at my wedding last summer. I am known as "space boy" to all my friends because of...

[SOLVED] Why me? I'm a geek! I just ordered two hard-to-find power resistors from an online surplus store. I was very excited about it. :frown:

to start off: http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/comics.php <-Ph. D comic strip http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/GiantITP/ootscript <- D&D comic strip

Are you a nerd? The definition from wikipedia: I think I am a nerd. But I actually have some friends.

I've always thought of geeks as low-IQ stereotypes. Imagine my disappointment when I scored at the Super Geek Level on this test . :frown:

My faviorite (Next to the complete Far Side Collection!) Is the Forever Flashlight No batteries needed! It will never run down! Pretty cool, It Has a coil and a small magnet mounted in the handle, the magnet is free to slide back and forth through the coil, thus charging a small Cap (some...

I really need vacation, and I'd like to go somewhere that has the most edifying potential. European vacations are great (I'm in the US), but they are so at a considerably high cost; also, I'd really like to get away from the pace of my normal life. I was thinking of something like New...