Mark Zuckerberg has autism

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27 May 2012, 12:46 pm

Sorry, this has probably been posted already, but just saw yesterday that Zuckerberg apparently has Aspergers-as do many in Silicon Valley.

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27 May 2012, 12:47 pm

YoungCPA wrote:

Sorry, this has probably been posted already, but just saw yesterday that Zuckerberg apparently has Aspergers-as do many in Silicon Valley.

He got an official diagnosis, good to know

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27 May 2012, 1:20 pm

Isn't it ironic that the person who may have taken the biggest step to make the internet more social, himself seems to have a social impairment?

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27 May 2012, 1:28 pm

Thread moved from General Autism Discussion to Random Discussion.

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27 May 2012, 1:39 pm

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Isn't it ironic that the person who may have taken the biggest step to make the internet more social, himself seems to have a social impairment?

This is probably the ULTIMATE irony because of the fact that he has AS.

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27 May 2012, 5:22 pm

Anybody have a link? I can't find anything that says that he's been assessed, diagnosed, or publicly discussed the issue. I see lots of people speculating on the web but nothing that's official.

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27 May 2012, 6:27 pm

In high school, he was captain of the fencing team - seems a position that requires some social skills.

Probably this is simply an instance of the "computers genius = aspie" meme.

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27 May 2012, 7:25 pm

Apple_in_my_Eye wrote:

Anybody have a link? I can't find anything that says that he's been assessed, diagnosed, or publicly discussed the issue. I see lots of people speculating on the web but nothing that's official.

Why would someone want to claim that they've seen something if they can't give even the slightest reference? :evil:

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27 May 2012, 10:10 pm

http://gawker.com/5885196/the-tech-indu ... -or-insult

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27 May 2012, 10:20 pm

bnky wrote:

Apple_in_my_Eye wrote:

Anybody have a link? I can't find anything that says that he's been assessed, diagnosed, or publicly discussed the issue. I see lots of people speculating on the web but nothing that's official.

Why would someone want to claim that they've seen something if they can't give even the slightest reference? :evil:

I was being sarcastic earlier, it is just speculation

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27 May 2012, 10:27 pm

TPE2 wrote:

In high school, he was captain of the fencing team - seems a position that requires some social skills.

Probably this is simply an instance of the "computers genius = aspie" meme.

Or his portrayal in that Facebook movie

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27 May 2012, 11:09 pm

nick007 wrote:

TPE2 wrote:

In high school, he was captain of the fencing team - seems a position that requires some social skills.

Probably this is simply an instance of the "computers genius = aspie" meme.

Or his portrayal in that Facebook movie

Sense I do not know him at all I don't care to say whether or not he has it. But captain of fencing team- fencing is 1v1 like wrestling, unlike basketball, football etc. So I do not think that is too much of a reason for why he is not an aspie.

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28 May 2012, 8:50 am

Delphiki wrote:

nick007 wrote:

TPE2 wrote:

In high school, he was captain of the fencing team - seems a position that requires some social skills.

Probably this is simply an instance of the "computers genius = aspie" meme.

Or his portrayal in that Facebook movie

Aspies tend to have problems with motor-skills & move awkwardly

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28 May 2012, 8:53 am

nick007 wrote:

Delphiki wrote:

nick007 wrote:

TPE2 wrote:

In high school, he was captain of the fencing team - seems a position that requires some social skills.

Probably this is simply an instance of the "computers genius = aspie" meme.

Or his portrayal in that Facebook movie

Aspies tend to have problems with motor-skills & move awkwardly

Very true, forgot about that. Fencing is all about finesse (just woke up, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to respond so quick)
I am definitely a klutz.

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28 May 2012, 3:45 pm

nick007 wrote:

Delphiki wrote:

nick007 wrote:

TPE2 wrote:

In high school, he was captain of the fencing team - seems a position that requires some social skills.

Probably this is simply an instance of the "computers genius = aspie" meme.

Or his portrayal in that Facebook movie

Aspies tend to have problems with motor-skills & move awkwardly

Sometimes we can have a surprising skill even though we are clumsy with everything else. I am very clumsy and not good at sports at all, even though I was on the girls basketball team in high school. However, I went out for majorette and our PE teacher taught those of us who wanted to learn to twirl, how to twirl. I was surprisingly good at that. I have no idea why I have that particular skill, but I was one of the best on the team, and one of the few who was allowed to handle a fire baton.

I don't think it was a matter of liking twirling more than basketball, or of practice. I practiced both just as much and liked both just as much.

Wierd huh?

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28 May 2012, 6:27 pm

Don't know if he got an official diagnosis or not-that's really between him and his doctor. It's a spectrum disorder, tho, so it's hard to attribute traits one way or the other. I do know that a hedge fund guy-who's name escapes me-he was profiled in the big short WAS diagnosed with aspergers disease

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