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present evidence that individuals may engage in geek culture in order to maintain narcissistic self-views (the great fantasy migration hypothesis), to fulfill belongingness needs (the belongingness hypothesis), and to satisfy needs for creative expression (the need for engagement hypothesis)
&gt;&gt;<p>I agree with the above being the main apparent drivers of engagement for most of geeks.<p>However, one big blind spot in the above is the desire to acquire knowledge thru intellectually rooted, rational debate (analysis and counter-analysis)<p>Geeks are not entirely a bunch of narcissists who want to belong and be creative. Sometimes, and I would say most times, the underlying motive is knowledge acquisition.<p>Geeks tend to acquire knowledge constantly and tend to avoid activities that don&#x27;t contribute to knowledge acquisition. So beneath all the narcism, desire for belonging and creative output there really is a much stronger and much more persistent need for knowledge acquisition...<p>The authors of this study went for the outward qualities rather than the implicit knowledge acquisition motivation.<p>me thinks :)