Let's assume you are a male. To be popular you have to be attractive to females. To be attractive to females you have to be (strong or rich or ruthless) and (no

Let's assume you are a male. To be popular you have to be attractive to females. To be attractive to females you have to be (strong or rich or ruthless) and (not stupid)=A and B. Definition of nerd:"Person that unconciously is labelled as stupid by the average person even though they conciously realize that he is the opposite". Since the judgment(by the females) mentioned above is unconciously made it follows that nerds are unpopular.