There is nothing that geeks and nerds love more than to analyze just about everything; almost anything becomes fodder for debate, classification and taxonomical discussion... up to and including just who is or isn't a geek. Seriously: there are raging Internet debates over what differentiates a nerd from a geek. Seriously: there are raging Internet debates over what differentiates a nerd from a geek. (Spoiler alert: the answer is “math”)