"Find a 12 year old and have him regurgitate this" That wasn't my point I realize statistically there are not many people his age that learn this or could repeat it back thats not what im saying at all.


The point is if you are making a video describing how something works Its better to explain why things are why they are or you are doing nothing to help other people , you are accentually just showing of that u know something which was my point about this video in that it is a video of a kid showing of they know something which is utterly useless and exactly the same as a kid showing of they speek another language or can program well ( arguably skills that require the same amount of intellect) , its been known for a long time that some kids can do stuff that is often thought to complex for kids and only thought that adults can do it so there is not realy much of intrest of this video to the casual viewer.


"Furthermore, why are you admitting that you are so ignorant about math? That's not a good thing...it shouldn't be a nonchalant admission that somebody isn't even willing to try and understand the language of the universe"

Thats a moronic thing to say do you play the peano? speak multiple languages ? program in multiple languages? CAN YOU NOT PAINT PHOTO REAL IMAGES ? DON'T YOU KNOW HOW TO DO CINEMATIC EFFECTS ? All those skills can potentaily be benoficail to society and help you understand the world better.

How is sumone saying that they are at a lower level of uinderstanding of something negative and how can you then interpret that as them saying math is of no use or that they dont think math is of use ? or that they are not willing to learn it ?

Granted i did write "I dont really know any math" This is not true what i meant was I don't know any of the math thats in this video and am at a very basic level of math. I am intrestead in math in general I am just stupendously dyslexic and find it ridiculously difficult to learn things such as some of the more basic aspects of math and find that all the books and teachers i have had have thought in a way thats not very compatible with my way of learning.

strangely i find it far easer to understand the more complex concepts of math its the Human computing element i struggle with Litraly am missing the component of the brain that can do that lol.

some of the things that got in the way of me learning math at school are rediculously simple , such as when typing numbers into a calculator i would forget what the last number i put in was , or typing in numbers back to front , or looking at the white board and then looking at what i was writing only to have to look back at the board , then u have the fact that i would write 10x slower than anyone else and would be forced to use a pencil. Another issue with math is that you are using the same symbols to describe different things sumone that is maximum dyslexic retarded ( well in my case annyway ) likes to have individual single meaning to each symbol and to be able to see everything as an image in one go not completely fragmented in component parts that make little sense.

I am quite happy to pootel along with a reasonably basic working knowlage of math and focus my time on things that come more naturally to me , I'm sure eventually i will come across a good teacher of math or sum-one that has developed a more visual way of learning traditionally non visual aspects of math and then I will have another poke at it.




>> ^rottenseed:

Find a 12 year old and have him regurgitate this. He explains the derivation of integration by parts which is a lot better than most the people I know. I mean when I learned integration by parts, it's not like I had to invent it, I really just had to learn it, and, for all intents and purposes, regurgitate it on the test. Now I know what integration by parts is, and I don't have to reinvent it every time I see it, I just know the skill, by memory...does that make me somebody that doesn't know maths? No.
Furthermore, why are you admitting that you are so ignorant about math? That's not a good thing...it shouldn't be a nonchalant admission that somebody isn't even willing to try and understand the language of the universe. Go back to your US weekly and check out the latest photos of Kim Kardashian, we'll call you when dinner's ready.>> ^westy:
Realy stupid video.
Might as well be a video of a kid that can program just talking as they code something , without explaining things. Or its like a multilingual kid speaking Spanish to English people.
I dont really know any math but it comes across in this video like he is simply regurgitating what would be fairly common or easy to understand math for sum-one that was doing that type of math and he dosent realy do a very good job at actualy exsplaning things other than saying THIS IS THIS BECAUSE THIS IS THIS, Which is fine really cnt expect kids to be good teachers i just dont get why his moron mother is filming it and uploading it on to the internet i guess its here way of gaining self worth.
In some ways i would rather have this than moron parents filming kids doing sports or other activities we could do with a more kids culturally encouraged to be into science.
I know this kid is well known for being good at science/math well beyond his age and i think he has aspergers so its good to encourage him and keep him focused on stuff so he dosent go into his shell. but he has not done annything utterly remarkable and it seems allot of people are embuing him as sumone that will change the world of science , maby he will but at this point in time and you should not put that presure on people or have that exspectation when they are developing as kids. futhar more from what i have read he still has a basic understanding of things that will need to be fleshed out before he can come up with ideas that are of use scentificaly and allot of the fame and promotion of this child is from midea making stuff up and hyping things out of propotion.
I hope he does well and benefits science and does what he enjoys but hope his character is not retardified by his parents or what the midea might do to him.

Find a 12 year old and have him regurgitate this. He explains the derivation of integration by parts which is a lot better than most the people I know. I mean when I learned integration by parts, it's not like I had to invent it, I really just had to learn it, and, for all intents and purposes, regurgitate it on the test. Now I know what integration by parts is, and I don't have to reinvent it every time I see it, I just know the skill, by memory...does that make me somebody that doesn't know maths? No.

Furthermore, why are you admitting that you are so ignorant about math? That's not a good thing...it shouldn't be a nonchalant admission that somebody isn't even willing to try and understand the language of the universe. Go back to your US weekly and check out the latest photos of Kim Kardashian, we'll call you when dinner's ready.>> ^westy:

Realy stupid video.
Might as well be a video of a kid that can program just talking as they code something , without explaining things. Or its like a multilingual kid speaking Spanish to English people.
I dont really know any math but it comes across in this video like he is simply regurgitating what would be fairly common or easy to understand math for sum-one that was doing that type of math and he dosent realy do a very good job at actualy exsplaning things other than saying THIS IS THIS BECAUSE THIS IS THIS, Which is fine really cnt expect kids to be good teachers i just dont get why his moron mother is filming it and uploading it on to the internet i guess its here way of gaining self worth.
In some ways i would rather have this than moron parents filming kids doing sports or other activities we could do with a more kids culturally encouraged to be into science.
I know this kid is well known for being good at science/math well beyond his age and i think he has aspergers so its good to encourage him and keep him focused on stuff so he dosent go into his shell. but he has not done annything utterly remarkable and it seems allot of people are embuing him as sumone that will change the world of science , maby he will but at this point in time and you should not put that presure on people or have that exspectation when they are developing as kids. futhar more from what i have read he still has a basic understanding of things that will need to be fleshed out before he can come up with ideas that are of use scentificaly and allot of the fame and promotion of this child is from midea making stuff up and hyping things out of propotion.
I hope he does well and benefits science and does what he enjoys but hope his character is not retardified by his parents or what the midea might do to him.

Realy stupid video.

Might as well be a video of a kid that can program just talking as they code something , without explaining things. Or its like a multilingual kid speaking Spanish to English people.

I dont really know any math but it comes across in this video like he is simply regurgitating what would be fairly common or easy to understand math for sum-one that was doing that type of math and he dosent realy do a very good job at actualy exsplaning things other than saying THIS IS THIS BECAUSE THIS IS THIS, Which is fine really cnt expect kids to be good teachers i just dont get why his moron mother is filming it and uploading it on to the internet i guess its here way of gaining self worth.

In some ways i would rather have this than moron parents filming kids doing sports or other activities we could do with a more kids culturally encouraged to be into science.

I know this kid is well known for being good at science/math well beyond his age and i think he has aspergers so its good to encourage him and keep him focused on stuff so he dosent go into his shell. but he has not done annything utterly remarkable and it seems allot of people are embuing him as sumone that will change the world of science , maby he will but at this point in time and you should not put that presure on people or have that exspectation when they are developing as kids. futhar more from what i have read he still has a basic understanding of things that will need to be fleshed out before he can come up with ideas that are of use scentificaly and allot of the fame and promotion of this child is from midea making stuff up and hyping things out of propotion.

I hope he does well and benefits science and does what he enjoys but hope his character is not retardified by his parents or what the midea might do to him.

i was hyped to actually hear the writing. cant find anything


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Irbil, Iraq (Hometown: Tacoma, WA): I saw your show in Olympia back in March. Your story about the young boy with Asperger’s moved me. My son has Autism so it meant a lot to me. Did he ever email you? Do you still talk to him?
========== I sent him a bunch of music and books and we write often.
http://henryrollins.com/news/detail/e-mail_interviews_2009_part_1/

As an example Einstein is thought to have had bi-polar along with many other great physicists. Others were autistic or had something like Aspergers.

I think the key is that these individuals are able to look at society or normal rationalizations from a different aspect or with "rose-tinted glasses" and other "colors". It helps to look at a problem from a new perspective. This is also why many people DO use drugs, to force this perceptual change on the brain chemically. It's not an accident that it works in many cases. It's also not an accident that it fails as well.

For every breakthrough there is someone that is lost to their own delusions; forever trapped in a mind that can't understand reality. This is arguably the one thing humans have never gotten right: seeing reality as it is. Or, we refuse to see it, due to our biologically imposed psychology.

This is the most fascinating and the most unique aspect for humanity and humans: we not only can vary GREATLY on how we view reality, but we can describe it to each other with understanding and in great detail.

This is where Psychology as a field must tread lightly. For if we destroy every last shred of what we "think" is an error or a mistake due to our majority imposed societal and cultural norms, we may destroy one of our greatest attributes. Luckily, many have realized that even the most "normal" of us are delusional by default. As this is the only way we have to perceive what we know as reality.

We see reality through a lens and a filter; all of us. That lens can be warped, colored, broken, or very sharp. Likewise, our filter can do what it pleases and give us information with accuracy or lie to us with false or even made up information. It typically follows what evolution has designed for us: to be efficient, to be successful. We are a machine that uses a vast search engine that makes Google look like an elementary addition problem and memory that is amazingly powerful and yet it requires very little room to store it's information; and with both of these, together, our mind creates us. It brings our nodes, memories, and present perception together to give us sentience. We perceive a continuity to this existence that does not exist; yet, it's easy to see why you don't notice this, for what can you notice if you have no memory of it? That is our view, our window--it is a delusional one by definition as it does not SHOW reality, but only approximates it and it can vary greatly.

However, evolution while responsible for what we are, most likely did not have a design in play for true sentience. In that one miscalculation, humanity was born.

That and this is who we are.

Since when has Asperger's been linked to bouncy boobs???

yuck. Since when has Asperger's been a sexy trait?

http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Asperger's_syndrome

I'm a massage and aquatic therapist for people with physical disabilities (and sometimes accompanying intellectual disabilities)
I provide intensive in home behavioral and life skills support to a woman with a physical disability, an intellectal disability and major behavioral challenges
I work with adolescent boys with autism and asperger's fostering social skills, broadening their scopes of interest and focusing on dealing with stress and anxiety.
And I also babysit a man who is blind and has autism a few times a month. He's my super buddy.

My job is awesome cause it allows me to tap into the things I'm best at in life. I don't have to sit in anyone place for very long, I go somewhere different everyday and do something different everyday and have creative control over the activities. I basically have no "boss", I have set of standards and am accountable to the state for proper documentation and following ethical guidelines, but I don't have to "check in" with anyone. My schedule is between me and my clients. As a single mom, that's something thats invaluable to me. If my kids get sick, I just call my clients and reschedule, there are no "write ups" or "attendance policies" and "tardiness" isn't an issue. If I get stuck in traffic I just call and say "hey, give me 5 minutes". I will never be written up for being 5 minutes late 3 times within 3 months ever again. I also, the most appropriate thing to wear just happens to be sweat pants and tshirt. fuck yes!! i work in my pajamas.

down sides: It doesn't pay enough and I have no benefits package or worker's compensation insurance.

Asperger's does not work that way! Good night.

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Aspergers, Aspergers everywhere.

@Mcboinkens

Firstly, I appreciate the fact that you do actually seem to be interested and confused about autism. This is about as far off topic as I'd ever willing to go, and I'm not sure that I can do the subject justice in this particular venue, but I can clear up a few things.

Super-high-end Autistic = completely isolated within their own mind, extreme behaviours, screaming and flailing while looking at spinning objects, that kind of thing. In other words, completely disabled.

Low to mid Autistic, inc. Asperger's = mild-to-moderate social dsyfunction, from general social discomfort and occasional awkwardness to intense anxiety, panic attacks, inability to read faces and social/emotional cues, complete lack of empathic simluation of others, no "theory of mind", intense fascinations and obsessions, taking things completely literally, et cetera.

"but is it a true disorder or is it just that these people didn't develope the skills as much as the rest of the population?"

There's a huge genetic correlation. If two autistics have a kid, it'll have at least some autistic traits, and it doesn't seem to learned behaviour in the same way Borderline might be. The neurology of autism isn't something that I'm going to get into for now, though.

There's been some stuff recently about how everyone is on the autistic spectrum, at least to some degree. I think this is useless, nonsensical tripe, and while there may be something to the idea, there is a point at which it becomes a disorder, in that it significantly impacts the behaviour or experience of an affected person. I think this is the point at which someone should be considered "autistic". Anything else is academic.

I'm not sure that I've responded to everything, but I have to go and hug myself in front of a mirror for a while.

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@Mcboinkens

Asperger's didn't "come" from anywhere in the sense that it's not a fabricated contrivance, nor is it dismissable as a malfunction of personality. The condition existed long before it was defined, recognised and understood. Parkinson's disease, although entirely unrelated to ASD, also existed well before it was defined in the early 1800s. People can often be found to view Asperger's in a similar way to ADHD; a made-up condition to explain and justify deficient characters. This can always be attributed to shoddy human empathy and solipsism.

The trouble with the autistic spectrum, and Asperger's also, is that it's... Well, a spectrum. The symptoms and their intensity vary enormously between different people and no one, generalized definition seems to work very well. There's often said to be a triad of deficiencies, though; social interaction, communication and creativity.

Your classmate sounds like a fucking jackass. Very gifted? Please. It's true that a number of figures in history have, or may have had, Asperger's or a related condition, but this is incidental. Autistic people often like to exaggerate the "beneficial" consequences of autism as a means of justifying themselves to others. I regard it both as valuable neurodiversity and, in most cases, disability.

Just some advice, though... If your intent is to avoid being disrespectful, you should also be avoiding words like "disease".

But who gives a fuck.