Subj : Re: Neuralink
To   : Andeddu
From : Vk3jed
Date : Thu Aug 20 2020 14:23:00

-=> On 08-19-20 15:29, Andeddu wrote to Vk3jed <=-

 An> I believe that a huge number of our finest mathematicians and
 An> physicists are themselves on the autism spectrum. I watched quite an

Yes, those careers that involve detailed, in depth study are likely to attract
autistic people.  And some of the historical "suspects" include geniuses like
Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla.

 An> interesting documentary a while ago about a group of British students
 An> competing in the Maths Olympiad. Around half appeared to be autistic.
 An> They struggled to express themselves and converse with other less
 An> talented "normal" students, however possessed incredible problem

Again, hardly surprising.  Mathematics is one area that calls out to pattern
thinkers on the autism spectrum.  I'm one of those myself, though my abilities
are better suited to less deep, but complex realtime analysis of complex
phenomena.  I don't have the depth of study as a mathemitician (I suspect my
ADHD side limits that), but I do have the ability to take in and process a lot
of statistical information in real time or near real time.  This has come handy
in activities like radio direction finding ("foxhunting") and general
navigation.  Also useful for making off the cuff prediction of various trends. 
My abiities seem to be able to accurately predict COVID-19 spread and human
behaviour under different conditions, to bring it to current affairs. :)

 An> solving ability. So yeah, I agree... neurological diversity is
 An> important as it only takes one genius (who is able to think outside of
 An> the box) to push forward human understanding by 50 or so years.

That was my point precisely. :)


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