Nerds rule: followup

Aha! The video I mentioned the other day featuring Watchmen advisor Jim Kakalios — about nerds running the planet — is now on YouTube! So I have embedded it below for those who are too busy to click an actual link.

November 20th, 2009 8:00 AM Tags: Jim Kakalios, nerds
by Phil Plait in Geekery | 12 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

12 Responses to “Nerds rule: followup”

1. Quatguy Says:
November 20th, 2009 at 8:51 am

Wow, what a great inspirational speech! Take that forces of evil!
2. Mapnut Says:
November 20th, 2009 at 9:01 am

Hmmm. Morlocks ran the world in “The Time Machine”.
3. Beasjt Says:
November 20th, 2009 at 9:23 am

An unactual is like a breeze of fresh air.
Thanks!
4. Beasjt Says:
November 20th, 2009 at 9:23 am

Unactual link that is…
5. Gary Ansorge Says:
November 20th, 2009 at 10:42 am

Gee, I guess I’m a geeky nerd,,,

Who’d a thunk it?

Wish I’d had HIM in my Physics 101 class.(Oh, Wait, he’s have been about 3 years old. Oh well. Never mind)

GAry 7
6. Sir Craig Says:
November 20th, 2009 at 11:46 am

I’m unable to view the video at work, so I have no idea how on-topic this will be, but has anyone else been keeping up with Non Sequitur this week?

Geeks and nerds taking over the world, indeed…
7. John Paradox Says:
November 20th, 2009 at 2:09 pm

6. Sir Craig Says:
….has anyone else been keeping up with Non Sequitur this week?

Geeks and nerds taking over the world, indeed…

I daily have a set of comics I read, including NS and Brewster Rockitt, along with such classics as Calvin and Hobbs. All through GoComics, plus a favorite that’s not on any compilation site, Kevin And Kell (funny animals meet computers).

J/P=?
8. LinuxRules Says:
November 20th, 2009 at 2:52 pm

I think his first name is James, not Jim.
9. JB of Brisbane Says:
November 21st, 2009 at 3:43 am

@LinuxRules: I think Jim is a short alternative to James. Nevertheless, we should not presume, but ask James/Jim what he prefers.
10. Jim Kakalios Says:
November 21st, 2009 at 5:56 am

I go by either and either Jim or James works for me. Thanks for asking.
11. UMN Alumnus Says:
November 21st, 2009 at 9:44 pm

Easily one of my least favorite professors as an undergrad at the U of M, I wish he didn’t get all the publicity that he does.
12. Blizno Says:
November 23rd, 2009 at 10:23 pm

2. Mapnut Says:
November 20th, 2009 at 9:01 am

“Hmmm. Morlocks ran the world in “The Time Machine”.”

Perhaps, but the world they dominated was created by nerds, who were later devoured by the Morlocks. The Morlocks could never have created their underground havens nor learned how to mimic air raid sirens from the 1940s. Only nerds could be that uncool.

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