> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2988647.stm > > > > Highlight: "He was also a notoriously confusing lecturer." > > > > Does not say to me "pretty good at communicating with people", but of > > course, you can interpret it how you like. > > I think that you're reading way too much into a single pullquote. > Perhaps his lectures simply covered notoriously confusing topics?
Well the quote was just a highlight. But if you want the real in-depth thought process behind this... The most respected minds in the health / psychology community regarding Autism (Simon Baron-Cohen in particular) are citing similarities between Einstein and people with Asperger Syndrome (which wasn't added to the books in the US until the mid 90's despite the fact that early research started in the mid 40's). Challenges with communication are one of the most salient features of Asperger Syndrome and other Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). In fact, they are a diagnostic requirement. So it's unlikely imo that they would be including Einstein in their research as an example of someone who may have had the condition unless they were finding significant examples of communication difficulty in their research. The fact that his lectures were notoriously confusing is just a convenient highlight for the BBC article on the subject. I don't think I'm reading too much into the quote, no. Here's the video of Nobel Laureatte (economics) Vernon Smith who has Asperger Syndrome. I suspect this is rather similar to what the researchers are finding in their study of Einstein. http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/7030737#7030737 -- s. isaac dealey :: AutLabs Creating meaningful employment for people with Autism http://www.autlabs.com ph: 817.385.0301 http://onTap.riaforge.org/blog ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:327742 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
