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<blockquote data-quote="jmucchiello" data-source="post: 1654222" data-attributes="member: 813"><p>There is no one definition of geek that applies at all times to all people (and geeks).</p><p></p><p>Suffice to say that you are one because you seek the knowledge of what one is.</p><p></p><p>Let's see.... A geek is someone who speaks a jargon and enjoys expanding his knowledge of that jargon.</p><p></p><p>I know. So what's a jargon? A jargon is any subset of language which is used to discuss a specialized topic. A jargon consists of invented words or existing words redefined such that two people familiar with the topic can exchange knowledge without having to explain the jargon to each other.</p><p></p><p>For example: bases, shortstop, balls, strikes, runs, outs, batting average, WHIP, on base percentage, etc are all terms in the baseball jargon. When you speak baseball with someone, you use these terms and both participants understand that they have the baseball meanings in lieu of any normal meanings they might possess.</p><p></p><p>Does this mean that talking baseball can only take place between two baseball geeks? No, a baseball geek not only understands the jargon, but enjoys expanding his knowledge of baseball. A baseball geek finds obscure baseball stat facts interesting. Knowing who was on deck when the final out of the 1978 world series was decided is as geekish a piece of information as being able to name 10 batman villains.</p><p></p><p>There are geek doctors, geek baseball fans, geek cooks, geek knitters, geek comic book collectors, geek scifi television show aficiandos. Each of those groups have a jargon they share. And some members of those groups are far too into it, crossing into the geek zone.</p><p></p><p>Some people will disagree with me and say there must be some level of science to have a true geek. That involves earlier definitions of geek. If you go by the Jargon file (look it up), only computer science produces geeks.</p><p></p><p>Before computers, geeks were the ham radio operators. Before that, they were trying to build flying machines out of bicycle parts. Leonardo DaVinci -- Class A geek. But while these are all scientific pursuits, the common thread among them is that geeks are seekers. They seek knowledge because they just want to know. And while this lends itself toward scientific study, seekers can also search anime and scifi and even batting average against for knowledge. (Non-scientific geeks of the past: people who could read/write/speak latin AND greek.)</p><p></p><p>And that is why you should embrace whatever geekness you can. Because if you have no geekness, you have no desire to gain knowledge. If you fail to seek, you stagnate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jmucchiello, post: 1654222, member: 813"] There is no one definition of geek that applies at all times to all people (and geeks). Suffice to say that you are one because you seek the knowledge of what one is. Let's see.... A geek is someone who speaks a jargon and enjoys expanding his knowledge of that jargon. I know. So what's a jargon? A jargon is any subset of language which is used to discuss a specialized topic. A jargon consists of invented words or existing words redefined such that two people familiar with the topic can exchange knowledge without having to explain the jargon to each other. For example: bases, shortstop, balls, strikes, runs, outs, batting average, WHIP, on base percentage, etc are all terms in the baseball jargon. When you speak baseball with someone, you use these terms and both participants understand that they have the baseball meanings in lieu of any normal meanings they might possess. Does this mean that talking baseball can only take place between two baseball geeks? No, a baseball geek not only understands the jargon, but enjoys expanding his knowledge of baseball. A baseball geek finds obscure baseball stat facts interesting. Knowing who was on deck when the final out of the 1978 world series was decided is as geekish a piece of information as being able to name 10 batman villains. There are geek doctors, geek baseball fans, geek cooks, geek knitters, geek comic book collectors, geek scifi television show aficiandos. Each of those groups have a jargon they share. And some members of those groups are far too into it, crossing into the geek zone. Some people will disagree with me and say there must be some level of science to have a true geek. That involves earlier definitions of geek. If you go by the Jargon file (look it up), only computer science produces geeks. Before computers, geeks were the ham radio operators. Before that, they were trying to build flying machines out of bicycle parts. Leonardo DaVinci -- Class A geek. But while these are all scientific pursuits, the common thread among them is that geeks are seekers. They seek knowledge because they just want to know. And while this lends itself toward scientific study, seekers can also search anime and scifi and even batting average against for knowledge. (Non-scientific geeks of the past: people who could read/write/speak latin AND greek.) And that is why you should embrace whatever geekness you can. Because if you have no geekness, you have no desire to gain knowledge. If you fail to seek, you stagnate. [/QUOTE]
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