[mattdono]

Yeah. Def..Definitely help Charlie Babbett paint the chapel. Yeah.

[CasearianDaoist]

Ah so now we have turned genius into a pathological condition. Wonder what they wil have to say about Beethoven. Mediocrity if fast becoming the standard for sound mental health.

[SavageRepublican]

Asperger's ping

[Red Badger]

"Michelangelo was aloof and a loner,"

And here I thought it was because he was gay...............
I guess The Inquisition was not responsible, either...........

[Question_Assumptions]

Autism Ping.

[dandelion]

The world is a much richer place because of these people.

So "others" thought Michelangelo or Nash to be "aloof", "loners" or "strange"? Who were these "others"? Does anyone remember them? Does anyone know their names? Did those well-adjusted, judgemental "others" contribute to the arts one half as well as Michelangelo, or Nash?

These journalists and psychologists who pass judgment on Michelangelo, Nash, and other individuals like them - did they ever do anything so wonderful as these "flawed" men? Did any of these expert labelers of humanity ever create so beautiful as Nash's works, or Michelangelo's David?

I would wager that the problem belongs not to Michelangelo, or to Nash, but rather to the "others" who judged them to be strange. Those "others" may have suffered from that common and sometimes fatal syndrome known as "jealosy".

How often are the "strange" people, who have much to offer in their gifts, shunned because their perceived social ineptness?

Perhaps Asperger's syndrome is not a marker of a defect - rather, in all of it's strangeness and social non-conformity, it may be the marker of potential greatness...

[laotzu]

Being torn from his passions, and enslaved by the Pope; Michelangelo became kinda stand-offish.

Well, since he had talent, let's use him to raise awareness.

[Porterville]

Hmm, so does this mean that because I don't get along with everyone the way I should that I can get a handicap parking sticker... or better yet, do I qualify for some grants or scholarships. Most the people I know have this syndrome.

[VoiceOfBruck]

Bruck concludes: "Just about everybody I work with's single-minded work routine, unusual lifestyle, limited interests, poor social and communication skills, and various issues of life control appear to be features of high-functioning autism or Asperger's syndrome."

[stop_fascism]

This is the first I've heard of poor communication skills. He was a poet and a prolific letter writer. He was also an extremely cagey real estate speculator. Maybe he just didn't like most people?

[neverdem]

BTTT

[tiamat]

Hey!

Look here!

[William B Williams]

Some experts are saying that Benjamin Franklin may have had shy bladder syndrome.

[Old Professer]

In the land of low-acheivers genius is illness...

[Antoninus]

Everyone who's not a bland mediocrity has a mental pathology. Obviously.

[SunkenCiv]

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