Life Among the 'Yakkity Yaks': Autism and Innovation

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by tcskeptic • 16 years ago

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Serene• 16 years ago

Creativity and mental disorders may stem from a similar genetic predisposition. For example, it may help if one can see the world in two ways (bipolar disorder). Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton may have had Asperger syndrome too, although they could be just isolative and difficult. John Forbes Nash, a founder of game theory, who won 1994 Nobel Prize in economics had a history of Schizophrenia

tokenadult• 16 years ago

Manic-depressive illness was often misdiagnosed as schizophrenia in the United States in the era when Nash was hospitalized. He subsequent course of illness is more like manic-depressive illness than like schizophrenia. If I remember correctly, the author of the acclaimed biography of Nash acknowledges that he may have been misdiagnosed.

Life Among the 'Yakkity Yaks': Autism and Innovation

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