Dataunit wrote:
autistic people are good at subjects they find by themselves but can be notoriously difficult to teach formally.
I think that's often the case. I thought I must have brain damage during my final years at school, but it was a strange kind of brain damage that allowed me to fathom the intricacies of building a multi-track tape recorder from cheap second-hand ordinary tape recorders and some electronic components. Dad was just the same, in conversation he could barely think about ideas outside his sphere of interest, but if he was interested, he would delight in thinking and talking about them.
But I guess that tendency doesn't explain the science appeal thing. It could apply equally to art.
29 Apr 2018, 9:24 am
