No Nerds Allowed

A nerd's constant yearning for knowledge can get him/her into many places. Nerds can even make successful businessmen - maybe even become the world's richest, but there is one place they are not allowed: the set of a new British reality show called Space Cadets. On-screen, the show weeds through dozens of contestants who are all hoping to be one of three to earn a five-day trip into space to be 'watched and envied by millions. Except they won't.'

The show is an elaborate hoax in which participants will be tricked into thinking they are in space by a Hollywood-type set. Who could be dumb enough to fall for such a trick? According to the article, those 'with the right psychological make-up... picked for their suggestibility, as well as teamwork skills, fitness and sense of calm under pressure...' will make the cut. This 'suggestibility' is said to '[rely] on the subject having a creative and easily harnessed sense of imagination.' Enduring contestants are also required to be 'badly informed... people who, in terms of life experience, are fairly naive... whose knowledge of space goes only as far as Star Wars.'

In other words, complete idiots. The show's producer said, 'It's certainly not about people being weak or gullible.' Sorry, Jonesy, that's exactly what it's about. OmniNerds need not apply.

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