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K-Mod Comment by Victoria (Centauromadoose) on October 8, 2013 at 6:28pm

If you go through the original article, you will see the following amendment:

(Update: I learned that Olivia Culpo — a self-described “cellist nerd” — was crowned Miss Universe on December 20, 2012. The event was heavily tweeted smack in the middle of my data collection, so that probably explains the correlation between “cellist” and “nerd” here. It also underscores the limitations of time-sensitive data.)

As a result, that "cellist" data point on his graph is likely due to Ms. Culpo's self-labeling as a nerd, and thus may not reflect the wider understanding of how musicians are categorized in the "geek vs. nerd" debate.

Comment by Rachel (Nezulupantro) on October 4, 2013 at 7:31pm

@gumbo

hahaha wow. yes. it very well might make you a geek...or possibly a nerd?? :P

K-Mod Comment by Gumbo123 on October 4, 2013 at 12:22pm

NOTE:  I actually saw your pic post today, did a "NERD versus GEEK" search of my own, found the article noted below and posted my first comment before I ever watched today's GMM episode or the new rap video they're discussing.  Does that make me a geek?

K-Mod Comment by Gumbo123 on October 4, 2013 at 11:01am

The entire NERD vs. GEEK argument is fully expounded upon at the following:

Slackpropagation

On “Geek” Versus “Nerd” ~ by burrsettles

 

 

Although this guy is an accomplished researcher at Carnegie Mellon University, widely published and apparently well respected in his field of expertise, this particular article was written kind of "tongue in cheek".  He does, however, make some very valid arguments and supports his opinion with both empirical evidence and a mathematical analysis. 

Of particular note, Mr. Settles has chosen to place the CELLIST at the farthest extreme limit of nerdom in his plot . . . for a high-res PDF of this plot, you can go here.