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28 Apr 2013, 10:44 am
The time-traveller "hypothesis" was a joke.
_________________ DISCLAIMER: It should be noted that, while I strongly suspect I have Asperger's syndrome, I am not diagnosed. Nevertheless, my score on RAADS-R is 186, which makes me a pretty RAAD guy.
Joined: 12 Apr 2010 Gender: Male Posts: 48,334 Location: Spokane area, Washington state.
30 Jul 2013, 3:12 am
What strikes me about Tesla is that, like a lot of Aspies, he was often taken advantage of by more worldly, less morally principled people like Edison.
I was just flitting around the internet tonight, when I thought I'd look up Tesla - and I happened to come to this old WP thread, and couldn't resist commenting!
Pretty sure he was more likely to have had synesthesia (one non-autistic neurodivergency) as opposed to AS. What can be ascertained for an overlooked scientist like himself is that he wasn't neurotypical. He won't even bother to look down from the metaphysical realms to visualize the thick mire of global macroeconomic and geopolitical instability that has pervaded the earth for decades that he presumably foresaw.
_________________ Diagnosed with "Classical" Asperger's syndrome in 1998 (Clinical psychologist). RAADS-R: 237/240 Aspie score: 199 out of 200 Neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 1 out of 200 Alexithymia Questionnaire: 166/185 AQ: 49/50 EQ: 9/80