Comments on: Was Bill Gates Lucky? How about Einstein? http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2007/06/07/809/ The magazine for the project age Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:07:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Kathleen http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2007/06/07/809/#comment-17361 Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:56:03 +0000 http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2007/06/07/809/#comment-17361 I'm guessing the authors did not make note of what innumerable leading researchers currently believe these people all had in common. That all of these greats are likely to have had autism? The traits the authors describe are part and parcel, characteristic of persons on the autistic spectrum. It's a given (as is typically, genius). Unfortunately, these are not traits or characteristics that the average person can easily incorporate into their lives, changing their behaviors. Just as one cannot "study harder" and learn more to become a genius, minimally, people who are neurologically typical do not have the interest or ability to adopt a lifelong perseverational interest with the end of dominating it utterly. Saying so tho, wouldn't sell many books. I’m guessing the authors did not make note of what innumerable leading researchers currently believe these people all had in common. That all of these greats are likely to have had autism? The traits the authors describe are part and parcel, characteristic of persons on the autistic spectrum. It’s a given (as is typically, genius). Unfortunately, these are not traits or characteristics that the average person can easily incorporate into their lives, changing their behaviors.

Just as one cannot “study harder” and learn more to become a genius, minimally, people who are neurologically typical do not have the interest or ability to adopt a lifelong perseverational interest with the end of dominating it utterly. Saying so tho, wouldn’t sell many books.

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