I first encountered "nerd arrogance" when I was in middle school and high school. Most of my friends were boys. I would see them working on electronics projects or on a computer programming project and, if I asked what they were doing, the response I got was," you wouldn't understand because you're a girl." I was constantly referred to as stupid. Even though prior to living in the state I reside in now I had won a regional and national science fair for bio-chem and I was part of a group called the "young astronauts" which gave me a chance to go to NASA for space camp, etc. I had the love for the sciences but no one gave me a chance because I was a girl and I don't take anything too seriously. Now that I am in college I still put up with the same garbage. Even outside of school my future father in law made me read an article about how oblivious and unsafe female chemists have been in the past; he assumed that I never took my own safety into account nor the safety of others. So now instead of being a loud mouth arrogant nerd like the people I have dealt with before, I listen to those loud mouths and then research what they are talking about to talk with them later. It does irritate me but I think the best way to deal with it is to get those tendencies under control. Remember that not everyone is as smart as you are but the fact that they are asking means they have a desire to learn; this also means they wish to be one of your peers. Also there are no such things as stupid questions ONLY stupid answers...I am sure someone on here will disagree with me but I am hard pressed to care since its faceless name on the internet. Give people a chance and remember that people are watching you be this smug, arrogant, asshole...that's why you will end up only having those friends at the table and ladies usually aren't attracted to that sort of arrogance.