&gt; Table 4. Correlations between Appearance Ratings of Dragon<i>Con Photographs and Self-Esteem, Narcissism, and Geek Engagement.<p>So, I </i>haven&#x27;t* read the entire paper, just skimmed it; but it seems to me that what they&#x27;re saying is that those geeks who are likely to have their photograph taken at Dragon*Con, are more likely to be narcissists.<p>That looks as if they are selecting for a subset of geek culture that is more likely to contain narcissists, and then stating that the results are representative of the entirety of geek culture.<p>Side Note&#x2F;Related Note: &#x27;Geek Culture&#x27;, is not relegated to conventions, and in many ways it lies outside it -- Reading, knowledge-gathering, etc. are largely introverted activities; and geek culture itself grew up around early - mid 20th century Science Fiction and Fantasy. So I find it difficult to understand how they could claim that the subset of geeks who visit conventions is representative of the entirety of geek culture in the first place.