I started watching The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and was immediately aware of a connection between Dr. Moriarty and the common idea of the disaffected nerd. The intellectual takes interest in obscure subjects because of social ineptitude and rejection. He or she pursues solitary hobbies or joins with other quirky types in nerdy interests. TheContinue reading “The Myth of Antisocial Intellectuals in Popular Conception and Fictional Characterization”
