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Well, no. They are not at all alike. Stephen Wolfram has a lot more _people skills_ than Sheldon Cooper. Sheldon Cooper is the stereotype of the Asperger scient
by carlob 10y ago
Well, no. They are not at all alike. Stephen Wolfram has a lot more _people skills_ than Sheldon Cooper. Sheldon Cooper is the stereotype of the Asperger scientist who succeeds despite his inability to interact with people, while Stephen Wolfram has been at the helm of a tech company for 30+ years, and that's not something you can really do without having to interact with other people.
- x0x0 10y agoAn acquaintance who worked directly for him would disagree with you.
- carlob 10y agoI still do and I beg to differ. I'm not saying he's the most personable human being I've met but he's certainly not autistic like Sheldon.
- gohrt 10y agoWhile you are here, would you care to offer any other diagnoses of people you've never met or who don't actually exist?
- nxzero 10y agoPeople liking you and being able to work with people are not the same thing; possible I misunderstood you, but not clear to me.
- johncolanduoni 10y agoI suspect Wolfram also succeeds despite the nature of his people skills. I found this letter from Feynmann[1] to be an interesting and early read on his behavior. [1]: http://www.lettersofnote.com/2010/06/you-dont-understand-ordinary-people.html http://www.lettersofnote.com/2010/06/you-dont-understand-ord...
- Myrmornis 10y agoThat's amazing.
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- gohrt 10y agoWolfram invented v1 of Mathematica, and founded a company to sell it to technical users. It takes minimal people skills to hire people and to sell a technically good product.