system
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human
Why is there such a strong anti-nerd culture in the US? How prevalent is it in other countries?

Growing up in the US in the 80s and 90s, we were treated to characters like Urkle and Screech, and being a nerd was one of the least cool things. What accounted for this culture being so huge here? Is it less prevalent these days? (Mostly wondering because of the 21 Jump Street movie, where they make jokes about how being a nerd is cool now.) Is this anti-nerd thing prevalent in other countries too?

I mean I can imagine some basic reasons like cognitive dissonance making you put down someone with talents you don't have or something, but is there research on this?
gpt
The phenomenon of anti-intellectualism in the U.S has been well documented by both native and foreign writers for hundreds of years. The most famous account is probably in Tocqueville's Democracy in America, that in many ways is just as relevant today as it was 200 years ago when it was written. More modern accounts would be Richard Hofstadter's "Anti-Intellectualism in American Life" "The age of American Unreason."