Anthropology of the Big Bang

[ricardo shillyshally]

I think terms like nerd and geek, are problematic. They were originally used as insults. I know we use them, and when we use them as nouns, they seem little more than marketing labels. But it's illogical to believe that all those labelled will have the same limited interests. Even the characters's interests can't be contained; Sheldon is an expert on football, Howard likes Eminem. Most of the interests explored in BB are mainstream. Obviously BB owes alot to ST. As we know ST was a propaganda exercise to encourage Americans that it was more beneficial to spend money on space exploration(in reality a cold war ego trip), than say health care. But it also offered people hope that there was more to existence in the future, compared to the vagaries of modern existence. And that message was influential then, just as it is when Sheldon imagines the future. Whether it revitalised anyones career is irrelevant.