12 year old knows more than you ever will

[InkL0sed]

My roommate's IQ is higher than that.

[Army of GOD]

Does it make me a bad person if I laughed during pimpdave's Matrix video? Probably, but I don't care anyway. I laugh at everything that has to do with speech: accents, impediments, whatever. And yea, I know I'm not perfect, but I honestly don't care if people laugh at the way I speak (I f*ck up a lot...I'll often confuse words, like just a few minutes ago I said "electrical liquid tape" instead of "liquid electrical tape" and shit like that).

If you think I'm a bad person then f*ck you. MORAL RELATIVITY FTW

[shieldgenerator7]

Does it make me a bad person if I laughed during pimpdave's Matrix video? Probably, but I don't care anyway. I laugh at everything that has to do with speech: accents, impediments, whatever. And yea, I know I'm not perfect, but I honestly don't care if people laugh at the way I speak (I f*ck up a lot...I'll often confuse words, like just a few minutes ago I said "electrical liquid tape" instead of "liquid electrical tape" and shit like that).

If you think I'm a bad person then f*ck you. MORAL RELATIVITY FTW

now who said anything about you being a bad person?
pd, those examples are pretty cool. i wonder how defects in mario that guy found

[Qwert]

well if he realy smart,he will realised that he need to find a way to go far,far away from earth, because people will try to see if he can create new weapon for mass destruction, simple,because in these field of sience, humans have best results. OFcourse US its one step ahead then all other countries, and in these they investigate more and more money.
Kid go in some place and hide, because your knowlege will be in danger to exploit for some bad things.

[Symmetry]

Speaking from personal experience: what you just said is bullshit. My teenage brother has Asperger's. He's not very intelligent. He is socially inept. Even though he's much better off than full on Autistic kids, life is still a big struggle. Thankfully he's got a lot of people who understand him, which has helped with the social side of things. I've looked after someone's Autistic kid. He can't speak yet. He's 6. It's not some excuse for being smart at all.
That being said, what this 12 year old is doing is pretty amazing. It'll be interesting to see what he comes up with.

Sorry, but this is massively wrong. I can accept that you've seen this from personal experience, but it seems like you've experienced only a few cases of autism and then extrapolated that to make a wider judgement.

There's a massive spectrum of autism, and it often comes packaged up with a lot of other problems. Only a small percentage of people with autism can be classified as Asperger's. It's very far from being the norm. Additionally, people with Asperger's have massive problems with social interaction.

Autism isn't something invented by psychologists to make themselves feel better. It's usually diagnosed by medical doctors in conjunction with parents. There's a weird myth that autistic people are all secret savants. It's not even mostly true. Autism is horrible and an immense burden on families.

i'm not saying that autism and asperger's don't exist. i'm saying that, like add/adhd, they are often used as catch-all categories for a wide range of mental conditions, some of which shouldn't qualify as a "disorder" in the first place. the reason i say this is because i've personally been diagnosed with "high-functioning asperger's"... and if you knew me irl you probably would be shocked to hear that, because i have little trouble with social interaction (although i'm mostly introverted, but this is by choice). psychiatry is a hugely inexact science, and it bothers me when people like this kid are pigeonholed with the label of "autism" when he's clearly just an extremely smart boy. he puts videos on youtube featuring lengthy talks in front of the camera... that doesn't seem like a person with interpersonal issues.

Hmm- that's a bit different from what you said, and that we both replied to. What you said was that a diagnosis of autism is actually a diagnosis of Asperger's and that that actually meant that the person diagnosed was more intelligent, and had no social problems. Additionally, you suggested that it was invented by psychiatrists.

If you want to argue something else now, that's fine, but don't suggest that we were wrong on calling you out on your other post.

As for this post, I would agree that autism gets used a lot as a label. I've taught a lot of kids with autism, and bumming around the internet has taught me that a lot of people self-diagnose as autistic as an excuse for being awkward in social situations while being intelligent. Doctors also fall into this trap. It's an easy diagnosis, with few consequences. ADD/ADHD has similar issues.

However, while these things may well be over-diagnosed, that is pretty far from claiming that they're inventions. That same kid might well be comfortable talking into a camera, but have huge issues with talking to someone in person, face to face.

[pimpdave]

Does it make me a bad person if I laughed during pimpdave's Matrix video?

Why? I thought it was hilarious. I loved how enthusiastic he is about everything, and then the way he throws in appeals to logic. So great.

[john9blue]

@ symmetry: i understand how my original post could be construed that way. my bad i guess.

@ dave: there's a difference between being a good troll and being an obviously sarcastic douchebag. keep trying to convince me that you "have me on ignore" though. lmao...

[BigBallinStalin]

@ symmetry: i understand how my original post could be construed that way. my bad i guess.

@ dave: there's a difference between being a good troll and being an obviously sarcastic douchebag. keep trying to convince me that you "have me on ignore" though. lmao...

Go play with your ponies.

[john9blue]

you know what

okay

[BigBallinStalin]

+1 john9blue