[ExI] The Science of Nerdiness

[William Flynn Wallace]

If you are trying to get a count of nerds in this group you can start with
me:  big time nerd.  (but pretty good athlete)  bill w

On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 11:31 PM John Grigg via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> "How active is your nerdy dopamine pathway? If some or all of these
> statements <https://ipip.ori.org/new_ipip-50-item-scale.htm> describe
> you, dopamine might well be flowing strongly to your prefrontal cortex:
>
>    - I love spending time reflecting on things.
>    - I am full of ideas.
>    - I have a vivid imagination.
>    - I am interested in abstract ideas.
>    - I am curious about many different things.
>
> Don’t understand why everyone else around you is so interested in sex,
> drugs and money, and why you get so turned on by stimulating ideas and
> learning new and interesting things? Now you have a potential answer: You
> may be highly sensitive to the reward value of information."
> I suspect most of the people here are cut from this cloth...  :  )
>
> https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-science-of-nerdiness/
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