erratio

... it's necessarily visual learning which is at fault. Often nerds are very good visual learners - e.g. at absorbing the written word through their eyes. I think it's actually auditory learning which is more linked to empathy. People who learn better from real people lecturing rather than skipping class and reading the course notes at home. I think. Not sure I contributed to the overall debate, but at least I put a non-critical point half-way to bed.