Why Do We Associate Glasses With ‘Nerds?’

<p>When people are asked to consider what a &lsquo;nerd&rsquo; looks like, most will conjure up images of someone who wears glasses. Why? Because that is what the stereotypical &lsquo;nerd&rsquo; has been depicted as looking like, seemingly forever, so much so that the official emoji to represent a nerd is &nbsp;(a person wearing glasses with buck teeth).</p> <p>The inspiration behind me writing this piece today comes from having been to a Brian Cox show last week. Looking around to capture the audience demographics, thinking I&rsquo;d notice a pattern in terms of the age of people, I noticed only one thing:</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/illumination/why-do-we-associate-glasses-with-nerds-ecd980d69c1f"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>