Speaking as a weird nerd (wn) A wn is disconnected from society. This gives him the power to think and act independently. The non-wn can't do that. (And, bein

Speaking as a weird nerd (wn) A wn is disconnected from society. This gives him the power to think and act independently. The non-wn can't do that. (And, being disconnected like that, the wn is oblivious to a million social hints and cues. He is blind that way) It isn't voluntary, being a wn. It's an artifact of habitual, excessive concentration, or something. The non-wn's state is involuntary too. Both are products of nature/society/habit/etc. Both trapped in their respective shape. I suppose some of us are not trapped like that. There might even be a way to escape it. To make that habit-shape into something conscious and voluntary.