Why geeks should be invited to the policy party

[Fumesucker]

1. Geeky stuff is MEGO inducing to non geeks..

My Eyes Glaze Over, that's what happens any time you try to explain technical concepts to the the non-technical person, you have to start at such a baby level with most people that it's impossible to get to any significant point before their attention wanes..

There's a reason that there are so few technically oriented people in politics, practical everyday politics is almost all about emotion and not about hard facts and logic.

I got into an argument about my particular area of expertise with a non tech person not too long ago, I ended up telling them that I understood the subject in words that they had never even heard, let alone knew the meaning of and then I just walked away and let them find out I was correct the hard and expensive way.