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I didnt even know there was a list for autism but the issue
has come up with regard to programming.

It usta be, that 'geek' meant a socially inept guy with an
obscure or even occult talent with computers. I've worked
with assembly code, and it is a lot like Chess. And like with
Chess masters, social skills are not needed to be successful.

Many of the greatest masters were very eccentric men. Because
I happened to have a modicum of social skill, I was elected
pres of my high school chess club. but I recall quite clearly
how emotionally inept my friends were.

But, from time to time, throughout history, problems have arisen
in which social ineptitude is a gift. I have been in the basements
with geeks, who are perfectly comfortable in withdrawing from  the
family and all other associations, and that enables them to use
the powers of concentration, a kind of tunnel vision of the mind,
to focus more closely than otherwise possible, and arrive at a
solution which a normally socialized mind would never be able to do.

The reason I was there, is that I was one of the few people who
could understand what the fuck he was doing. I am no genius, but I
have enough talent to be able to recognize it.

I have not followed the autism list, but if anyone there does not
know of a study done in Mexico's Yaqi valley, showing the connection
between the phyto-estrogens which result from the breakdown of
agribusiness chemicals, and the resulting increase in the rate of
autism among Indian boys in the valley, while their kin in the
nearby
mountains develop normally, ....

The FDA has tested chemicals for cancer, it has not done so to find
out if they affect the development of children. The estrogen causes
precocious sexuality in girls, and just drives the boys nuts. It is
abundant in junk and fast food.

But from the standpoint of autistic boys, what should be aimed at in
adulthood is a communal living system which can provide challenges
in the form of the linear thinking talents which they may develop.

I see a similar kind of development in high tech, where geeks are
setting up partnerships with socially adept women to run the office
and communicate with the customer base to set the priorities of what
should be developed, what problems need to be solved. I dont see
autism as a binary phenomena, like an infection which one either
has,
or has not. To one degree or another, the classic geeks have all
been
autistic at one time or another. Motivating them has been a very
difficult challenge. They dont care about money. They dont have any
girl friends, dont expect to have any, and so they dont need a big
fast car and nice clothes. And as the prices of the stuff they do
care about, electronic and computer partss, keeps going down, they
need even less.

In recent years, the astronomical amount of money which some have
generated has caught the attention of women. I detect male actors
who would otherwise be stud muffins, try to adopt geek mannerisms,
and present themselves as geeks that women are attracted to. I
expect
there is a kernel of truth in it, otherwise there'd be no geeks left
in the gene pool at all.

What I think is already going on, is that within these
entrepeneurial
organizations, the women see that if an outsider woman gets a
vaginal
orfice around one of their boys, his allegiance and priorities will
be dramatically shifted.  I think this is a clue to the possible
treatment of autistic boys as they pass puberty and hormones kick
in.
What you wanna do with autistic geeks is get their attention, and no
other force offers so much promise.

The setup is a lot like a whorehouse, the satisfaction of primal
needs
without the complexity of relationship which the geek is not very
good
at. Nevertheless, if the geek has a room in the house to withdraw to
to work on his craft, he will do that, and the whores can take care
of
his routine needs, food, clothing, etc as well. The payoff comes in
three ways, one- the geek may be scccessful at unraveling incredibly
complex problems, two- he is not distracted from that task with the
incredibly complex nature of emotional relationships, and three- the
economic good it may do could support the expenses of the whole
thing.

Chess is like code carving, but it rarely runs more than a couple
hours
or more than fifty moves. I have worked on assembly programs of
several
hundred moves across months of effort.  And every time I sit down to
look at it, it is like looking at a chess position; it takes a while
before you even realize what the problems are, much less have a clue
as to what the solution is. have someone come in the room wanting
attention, and it is like sweeping the pieces off the table. Hours 
worth of mental work can be lost in a few seconds.

I dont know what positions have attracted the attention of autistic
boys, but I do see that they are not happy to be interrupted while 
they are trying to work something out. I cant say whether the
problems
they see are worthwhile either. Innovation is a crap shoot. In both
the
physical sciences, and the social sciences. But if you do succeed,
it
changes life dramatically.