Bill Gates, Sergey Brin and Larry Page have proven that indeed, life allows for the “revenge of the nerds”. Now there’s social science research that supports this! Researchers at the University of Virginia followed 184 students over a ten year period and found that 13-year-olds who engaged in ‘pseudomature behaviors’ in search of “coolness” and popularity were more likely to have problems with drugs and alcohol by their early 20s. For a succinct summary, please read this article from Medical Daily on the findings published in June’s Child Development Journal.