>According to one article about Summers’s tenure at Harvard: “So great was the bewilderment over Summers’s lack of social skills that some in the Harvard community wondered if there might be a clinical reason for his behavior: a neurobiological disorder called Asperger’s syndrome.” <
A lot of very smart people (e.g., Albert Einstein) had or have AS. Though long-distance diagnosis is risky, it's quite possible that Summers has it -- even though the doesn't have enough intelligence to know that he's not as smart as he thinks he is. Though AS may be a neurobiological disorder, that doesn't mean that there's nothing that can be done. Those with AS should take courses on social skills -- or at least be cognizant of their lack of those skills. Summers clearly lacks this training and this awareness. FWIW, my son was diagnosed as having AS and I may have a mild dose. -- Jim Devine / "In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite." -- Paul Dirac
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