Comments on: Interview: Are Scientists Geeks or Heroes? http://researchexplainer.com/2010/02/17/interview-are-scientists-geeks-or-heroes/ How to reach key audiences to advance your work Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:44:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: dennismeredith http://researchexplainer.com/2010/02/17/interview-are-scientists-geeks-or-heroes/#comment-69 dennismeredith Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:11:49 +0000 http://researchexplainer.com/?p=206#comment-69 The title was the reporter's not mine. That said, you are absolutely right. I personally take great pride in being a geek -- defined as someone dedicated to mastering difficult fields regardless of the occasional jibes of others. I shall take care in the future to conflate "geek" and "hero." The title was the reporter’s not mine. That said, you are absolutely right. I personally take great pride in being a geek — defined as someone dedicated to mastering difficult fields regardless of the occasional jibes of others. I shall take care in the future to conflate “geek” and “hero.”

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I severely resent the implication that you can’t be both!Hero’s come in all forms, and ‘geek’ is one of them.

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