Im quite curious of the way he walks. Did he had hernia?
I walk that way due to carrying a 'large package'.
Post the picture..
Im quite curious of the way he walks. Did he had hernia?
I walk that way due to carrying a 'large package'.
Post the picture..
Im quite curious of the way he walks. Did he had hernia?
I walk that way due to carrying a 'large package'.
Post the picture..
Got a wide-angled lense?
[...] Aspergers is tested via a long list of Questions with the answers "Strongly Agree", "Mildly Agree", "Mildly Disagree", and "Strongly Disagree" (or similar wording for each), and based on one's responses, you get a number. That number determines whether or not you are on the Spectrum. If you are within the range, you have Aspergers. If you aren't, you don't. Where you place in that range determines the severity, just like Autism.
So, I tick four out of five boxes - am I "on the spectrum"?
This is not a question that should, or can legally, be answered by anybody on here unless they have a the specific medical license necessary to make such a diagnosis.
See your doctor and he'll refer you to a specialist to answer your question.
[...] Aspergers is tested via a long list of Questions with the answers "Strongly Agree", "Mildly Agree", "Mildly Disagree", and "Strongly Disagree" (or similar wording for each), and based on one's responses, you get a number. That number determines whether or not you are on the Spectrum. If you are within the range, you have Aspergers. If you aren't, you don't. Where you place in that range determines the severity, just like Autism.
So, I tick four out of five boxes - am I "on the spectrum"?
This is not a question that should, or can legally, be answered by anybody on here unless they have a the specific medical license necessary to make such a diagnosis.
See your doctor and he'll refer you to a specialist to answer your question.
I wasn't asking for a diagnosis with any legal force, merely an informed opinion (since that's what is being put forward in this thread, apparently). Actually, though, I know the answer already. My point, as I expect you already know, is that a definitive conclusion about Bobby Fischer can't be reached on the basis of an arbitrary five point checklist - that is just silly.
So wait, the burden of proof that you have the credentials required is on you, but in order for me to point that out, I need those credentials myself?
Hmmm, I guess you've got me there.
No, as usual you got yourself. If you make the statement that no one on this thread has the credentials to state an opinion, then you have the burden of proof to prove your declaration.
Well, I've only ever said I doubt anyone here is qualified (and has also examined Fischer in that capacity), but it should be noted that when you make the explicit declarative statement "Fischer had Aspergers" you're also making the implicit statement "I'm qualified to speak to this". The burden of proof on both is still yours.
The question is, "Did Bobby Fischer have Asperger's Syndrome?". People are giving their oppinions, such as, 'I think so, here's why', or 'i don't think so, here's why. There's nothing wrong with this. The person who said they were definitely sure was being sarcastic. If someone else misspeaks and says for sure one way or the other; I'm sure almost everyone reading this assumes, rightly so, that this is an informal medium, that OPINIONS are being expressed. When someone becomes a public figure they are making themselves open to public scrutiny. That's part of the price paid for their success. Just like being recognized in public. No one that I know of is making the claim that they are giving a medical diagnosis; just speculating. If you're opinion is correct that we shouldn't do what we're doing, then we need to retract the hundreds of millions of copies of unauthorized biographies of thousands of public figures. Well, pretty much the Internet, t.v., magazines, newspapers, books...we'd lose it all and would have to stick with science journals, courthouses, even then we'd have to have judges separating opinion from fact. It's silly.
So wait, the burden of proof that you have the credentials required is on you, but in order for me to point that out, I need those credentials myself?
Hmmm, I guess you've got me there.
No, as usual you got yourself. If you make the statement that no one on this thread has the credentials to state an opinion, then you have the burden of proof to prove your declaration.
Well, I've only ever said I doubt anyone here is qualified (and has also examined Fischer in that capacity), but it should be noted that when you make the explicit declarative statement "Fischer had Aspergers" you're also making the implicit statement "I'm qualified to speak to this". The burden of proof on both is still yours.
You know full well that I never made the statement "Fischer had Asperger's". I stated that Fischer probably had Asperger's and explicitly stated the facts that lead me to that belief. There is no logical reason for you to infer other basis for my opinion, except for your tendency to create straw men whenever you are losing an argument.
I have reason to believe that Bobby Fischer had Aspergers Syndrome.
1. His reactions when in an unstructured environment such as running as fast as he could from cameras or not turning up (that was Bobby Fischer's way of getting away from his unstructured environment.)
2. His ability to cope in an structured environment such as an interview (his coolness in a structured enviroment)
3. His inability to understand feelings as well as other people.
4. An intense fascination with an activity (in Bobby Fischers case, chess.)
5. Limited empathy with peers
6. Poor social ability
7. Failure to develop friendships
I think it's very likely he did.
Another little supporting thing - for all his problems, Tal said: "It is also important to remember that he was a real chess gentleman during games. He was always very fair and very correct." People with Asperger's tend to have a clear sense of moral order/fairness, Fischer was a gentleman over the board and indignant at the Soviet approach to the game which he became paranoid about. His inflexible view of the US after its conflict with him fits with this type of black and white morality. Later mental health problems could have grown out of this, as people with Asperger's have a higher incidence of other mental health problems.
I think chess is well represented by people with autistic traits, as are maths and the sciences (please note I don't mean that in a negative way, and would include myself). It's a spectrum, and is viewed by some psychologists as being at the "male" pole.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism_Spectrum_Quotient
^What does a 48 mean?^
Hey, now, I believe the whole purpose of this thread was for people's OPINIONS on the subject NOT that anyone can categorically say for sure.
Funny! I enter the thread blindly and then I see the the guy 3 places ahead of me had the same idea.
Probably because the whole subject matter is silliness itself! There are no proven laboratory tests to 'asparagus' syndrome or any other Psycho-chitter-chatter - all a matter of opinion.
That some people are socially challenged, is beyond question. But just to label people because you don't like what they're doing, doesn't advance anyone. Of course these labeling 'experts' can't cure anybody from any of their widely-advertised 'syndrome'. The result is just misery, unhappiness and further unneeded stigma.
So yes, I'll stick to the Asparagus - it's a great vegetable and has important minerals.
And by the way, just in case you were wondering, I have a plurality complex disorder syndrome - check my posts out... I keep ending singular words with 's' and then omitting the 's' for plurals.
The only way out of it is to reread my posts before clicking that orange button - but I guess that's part of the syndrome, is just not to do it. Whatever (shrug)
I don't know what to call my weird "syndrome." When I write things by hand, I sometimes write some letters out of order -- in the correct position, but not necessarily chronologically from left to right. I don't have dyslexia, my hand just sometimes skips a letter even if my brain wanted to write it, so I tell it to go back and fill it in!
funny quirks of the mind... anyone can note or label them - really no trick in that...
My piano professor has the same issue - skipping letters in words when writing... I always found it kind of cute
Funny! I enter the thread blindly and then I see the the guy 3 places ahead of me had the same idea.
Probably because the whole subject matter is silliness itself! There are no proven laboratory tests to 'asparagus' syndrome or any other Psycho-chitter-chatter - all a matter of opinion.
That some people are socially challenged, is beyond question. But just to label people because you don't like what they're doing, doesn't advance anyone. Of course these labeling 'experts' can't cure anybody from any of their widely-advertised 'syndrome'. The result is just misery, unhappiness and further unneeded stigma.
So yes, I'll stick to the Asparagus - it's a great vegetable and has important minerals.
Textbook example of 'useless tool syndrome'.
Im quite curious of the way he walks. Did he had hernia?
I walk that way due to carrying a 'large package'.