Re: PTD was the most-respected of the AUE regulars ...

On Sun, 28 Jul 2024 11:57:21 +0200, occam <occam@nowhere.nix> wrote:


< snip, belligerence in argument, refusal to admit error >

me >>

This is frequent a characteristic of Aspergers Syndrome (which
is a diagnosis no longer in the book; too bad).

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Whoa!  I'm no expert on Aspergers, but that is a big leap. There are
half a dozen cognitive biases that could equally explain Pearson's
behaviour.  Have a sift:

I certainly did not mean to imply that anything was solely a
trait of Aspbergers. How much we 'neurotypicals' can understand
a trait depends party on having some tendency to the same
thing.  Psych and med students notoriously fret about having
every new disease they get details on, obsessing on hints of
some sign.

Aspies have made a home industry of spotting among famous
scientists, throughout history, single traits that are higher
in Aspies (or autisitics).  Some folks argue from these examples
that 'different' is not 'inferior'.

--
Rich Ulrich