XPost: sci.space.policy, sci.physics, sci.electronics.design   
      
   In sci.physics Lofty Goat  wrote:   
   > On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 17:29:28 -0000, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
   >   
   >>It's almost as though you imagine I think puerile techno nerds represent   
   >>the average person.   
   >   
   > Not to belabor a point, but about those nerds....   
   >   
   > They invented the aerospace industry.  They invented the electronics   
   > industry, and made out pretty well.  They invented information and   
   > communication technology and took money to the bank by the truckload.   
   > (Seeing a trend here?)  They're busily engaged in inventing robots,   
   > biological engineering, applied genetics.   
      
   Most of the people involved were hard working, level headed engineers   
   and programmers working in teams not socially inept loners in mommy's   
   basement.   
      
   > So, no, they don't represent the average person.  They represent the   
   > above-average person.   
   >   
   > I'm a nerd, in my own modest way, and damn' proud of it.   
      
   Your definition of nerd is not my definition of nerd.   
      
   > Hell Jim, you used to be an electrical engineer, didn't you?  Have you   
   > thanked a nerd lately?  You should.   
      
   Nope.   
      
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