When did the admittedly pedestrian routine of the studiously intellectual subculture become something to aspire to rather than something to mock? The kind of people I've seen wear shirts with 'Geek' emblazoned over the front in large font are bronze-muscled males or females with thick rimmed glasses (without lenses, oddly enough) far too attractive to stoop to the wholesome mentally stimulating activities we conduct in our respective households while the rest of the world is living it up on a Friday night. A puzzling inversion, this: a label previously considered to be that of perceived anti-sociality being assimilated by mainstream culture. Just to clarify: Although I'll be the first to admit I am a nerd of the first order, I never really experienced any nerd-bashing (although me and my friends were given the metaphorical boot by the rest of the class upon realizing we weren't into the same stuff as the rest), and I'm not really a fan of the geekier-than-thou stuff - it's really, erm, geeky. Anyway, if this trend isn't of the same order as the fleeting public interests of the past decade and stimulates greater public interest in the sciences, there should be no downside to it. If science becomes genuinely 'cool' again (which it totally always has been) in the public consciousness and stops the recent trend of government marginalization of the sciences there is no reason other than to embrace this change. - Another wandering ramble by Euler... (Picture is of Richard Feynman - the coolest physicist of all time in my opinion)