Since people found out that Einstein had Asperger's, and that they usually are pretty smart, ut not good with people, every damn parent is convinced his or her kid has asperger's - they usually don't, they're just socially awkward.
(Not to knock on you, kp, I'm sure you had a doctor confirm it.)

^Yeah, we actually had two professionals confirm it - one psychiatrist, and one child psychologist. It is a tricky diagnosis, however. Even the experts will tell you that.

Moar like assburger syndrome, amirite?

Let's be honest, we just use this excuse when we don't want to call someone a nerd or a basement dweller.

Upvote for the awesome teacher that put him in that play, as a kid.

>> ^Truth:
Moar like assburger syndrome, amirite?
Let's be honest, we just use this excuse when we don't want to call someone a nerd or a basement dweller.


You're about as funny as a fire in a hospital, fucker.

>> ^gwiz665:
Since people found out that Einstein had Asperger's, and that they usually are pretty smart, ut not good with people, every damn parent is convinced his or her kid has asperger's - they usually don't, they're just socially awkward.


Just because Einstein was smart and was not good with people doesn't mean he had Asperger's. It's impossible to find out now that he's dead. Any diagnosis is pure BS speculation. There are plenty of geniuses without Aspergers who are socially inept.

i was enjoying his description of the fault-line. Too bad the director was all like "BORING!!!!.........fade scene out."

*brain?

Adding video to channels (Brain) - requested by xxovercastxx.

This girl I know has aspergers. All through high school she was picked on, beat up, rocks thrown at her, gum in her hair. Some really awful crap happened to her along the way. She's ridiculously creative too, she made a chain link shirt that was really awesome for some art final project.

I don't see what the big deal is or why people think people with aspergers are soo strange. Don't really see the difference between them and most other folks.

Having Asperger's is no status symbol, just a useful diagnosis for parents, schools etc. One of my daughters has high-functioning autism (which Asperger's is a subset of). These diagnoses do mean that the person has at least average intelligence (as opposed to other forms of autism, which can be associated with low intelligence), but it doesn't mean the person is a genius. Of course the geniuses can be very interesting and get more press. I thought the young man in the video did a good job of describing how his mind works, especially in the social arena. For more on Asperger's I would recommend Daniel Tammet's Born on a Blue Day.

Invocations (amazon=http://www.amazon.com/born-blue-day-extraordinary-autistic/dp/b0018sy6ki/ref=sr_1_1?ie=utf8&s=books&qid=1243657352&sr=8-1) cannot be called by snoozn because snoozn is not privileged - sorry.

I had a buddy in high school with asperger's. Actually in high school we just thought he was an asshole, but we found out later on. Anyhow, this guy scored over 1500 on the SATs (back when that meant something) and was just incredibly smart. Didn't have to study a damn thing. Somehow he was really good with girls too. I guess he just didn't give a shit (which high school girls love, apparently).

Anyway we went our separate ways after high school. A couple of years later I heard a story about how he did a heroic amount of LSD and was found wandering the streets of LA, knocking on people's doors looking for a black woman that was Jesus. He was soaked in his own urine. That part of the story was unnecessary but true.

>> ^kronosposeidon:
>> ^Truth:
Moar like assburger syndrome, amirite?
Let's be honest, we just use this excuse when we don't want to call someone a nerd or a basement dweller.

You're about as funny as a fire in a hospital, fucker.


I wasn't trying to be funny, just stating the obvious.

And fire in hospital would be funny under certain circumstances.

>> ^Truth:
Moar like assburger syndrome, amirite?
Let's be honest, we just use this excuse when we don't want to call someone a nerd or a basement dweller.


I get what you're trying to say, there is a lot of excuse making in the naughty children fraternity. Doesn't mean the thing doesn't exist though.

>> ^Truth:
>> ^kronosposeidon:
>> ^Truth:


I wasn't trying to be funny, just stating the obvious.
And fire in hospital would be funny under certain circumstances.


Then you're dumber than a bag of hammers. And a douchebag.

Upvote for the actual truth in the vid. And as an Aspie myself, I say to the ironically named Truth, please go drink a big glass of STFU about stuff you know nothing about.