How’s this for a definition of “geek” from this excellent article:
There can be many kinds, Art Geeks, Music Geeks, Computer Geeks, Math Geeks, you name it. Geeks are the people you want to talk to when you need to know something but perhaps don't always want to invite to your parties. They are the people that collect information almost compulsively and nurture deep understandings of very obscure branches of knowledge. Geeks are people that live by their wits and believe in meritocracies and recognition not privilege or nepotism. They value our knowledge and appreciate those who can appreciate that and more importantly, add to it. They find great joy in learning a new thing, to extending our knowledge and sharing knowledge with another that can appreciate it.
The article discusses why geeks are often atheist, and offers up this as one explanation:
It might make sense to think that many such geeks simply find something as simple as a creator an overly simplistic explanation for something so elegant.
Yep I second that.
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