Interview With Simon Baron Cohen - Need Your Help

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TM, have you interviewed him yet? We're on tenterhooks.

I'd ask him this. He said "People with autism spectrum conditions often end up as 'super-moral', developing a set of rules they expect people to live up to consistently (such as honesty), arriving at the conclusion that one should 'treat others as you would have others treat you' because it is the most logical approach."

What does he think are the chances that Jesus was on the autistic spectrum?

You could ask him what his score on the AQ test he and his colleagues devised.

And, how his research team scores on that test.

I think that would be interesting to see what his systemizing score is, if he wants to divulge it.

Tambo, how is this going? I know that after your Autism Speaks interviews a lot of people here were expecting you to co-opt Wrongplanet's users and exploit them to bolster yourself by writing something insubstantial and obsequious. You got stung with the 'functionally psychopathic' comment, I'm really sorry about that, it was misjudged, and this Baron-Cohen interview was a great chance to shove comments like that down the throats of your doubters. What progress?

Mr Cohen, I think it is fair to state you are nt. Have you ever considered the possibility that we are not without empathy, but express it differently?

And, why do you think autism is caused by an extremely male brain? Isnt that a bit bigoted?