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I've often wondered if he has high-functioning autism. His human-to-human interface is missing something.
by nate_meurer 7y ago
I've often wondered if he has high-functioning autism. His human-to-human interface is missing something.
- jacquesm 7y agoLack of empathy?
- nate_meurer 7y agoYeah maybe. Certainly some kind of issue with feedback, self-awareness, or inappropriate expression and emotional response. He also shows some striking abilities in focus, synthesis, organization, and what I perceive to be fearlessness. Put together, this all seems familiar to me from my experience with high-function autistics.
- ncmncm 7y agoI know people with high-functioning autism. Please do not tar them with Elon's personal flaws.
- nate_meurer 7y agoI've seen a wide variety of unique and distinguishing behavior in high-functioning autists such as those with Aspergers. Muted empathy, resistance to non-verbal cues, unusally strong emotional responses to unexpected events, etc. I don't think it's quite fair for you to label these "flaws". I think "challenges" is a more useful term. I know these behaviors can be very difficult to deal with, but I've also been amazed at some powerful abilities that seem unique to high-functioning autism, and which possibly go hand-in-hand with the challenges.
- ncmncm 7y agoYou have listed challenges faced by autistic individuals. We should not confuse them with Elon Musk's character flaws. He is wealthy enough to employ people to catch mistakes. That he does not reveals a character flaw.