Geeks vs Non-Geeks: Do you believe there will be a World War in your lifetime?

In September, Geek Native gave away a copy of Gears of War: Bloodlines, the official tie-in novel to Gears 5 and Gears Tactics.

To enter the giveaway readers had to complete a poll, say whether they identified as a geek or not and whether they thought there would be a World War in their lifetime. “World War” was not defined.

Here are the results;

Combining the “War” and “No War” tallies we see that, phew, most people (57%) don’t think there will be a World War in their lifetime.

Geeks v Non Geeks

If we compare, in percentage terms, whether people think there will be another World War or not by geek and non-geek, we discover that geeks are more optimistic than non-geeks. In other words, geeks are less likely to think we’ll take the world to war again in their lifetime.

This is not the first time geeks have had a more optimistic outlook on life. In August, Geek Native revealed that geeks were less likely than non-geeks to predict a cyberpunk future in the next 20 years. However, geeks are more likely to worry that something dangerous might be exposed by melting arctic ice.

Creative Commons credit: War is the Same by LordHayabusa357.