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Re:For gifted children, being intelligent can have dark impl... by anonymfus on Friday February 12, 2016 @06:58AM (#11086621)
I think that idea that people who like to classify and name things are dull and unimaginative is a part of the discussed problem.

For example, Russian word for "nerd" is literally "botanist" ("ботаник").

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Re:For gifted children, being intelligent can have dark impl... by Mikhail_Edoshin on Friday February 12, 2016 @07:30AM (#11086741)
It's more like a "unmanly" interest, I believe :)
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