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14 Nov 2005, 4:27 pm

I've recently noticed something. Hans Asperger was the first to recognize Asperger's Syndrome. Albert Einstein, Ludwig Van Beethoven, and Adolf Hitler all showed symptoms of AS. What did these men have in common? They were all German! I'm quarter-German myself on my father's mother's side. Could there be some kind of connection?



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14 Nov 2005, 4:48 pm

Perhaps the nazi's did indeed create a "different" breed of human, and we are the evil, sin filled spawn of their godless machinations. :wink:


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14 Nov 2005, 4:59 pm

What about Africans and Asians?


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14 Nov 2005, 5:06 pm

Cartoonist4X wrote:
I've recently noticed something. Hans Asperger was the first to recognize Asperger's Syndrome. Albert Einstein, Ludwig Van Beethoven, and Adolf Hitler all showed symptoms of AS. What did these men have in common? They were all German! I'm quarter-German myself on my father's mother's side. Could there be some kind of connection?


Actually, most of the people that you've listed were Austrian, but yeah, to be a bit less pedantic about it, you could say that they were German, because of language and culture.

That being said, Vienna was essentially the hotbed of psych research from the late 19th century to the beginning of WW2. I doubt that there's really any connection to it though beyond that. I doubt, though that Hitler had AS.


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14 Nov 2005, 7:38 pm

I thought this was going to be the "German Association Game." :(

I am 1/2 German.


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14 Nov 2005, 7:44 pm

Dutch Irish French German English. And northern and southern.



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14 Nov 2005, 7:45 pm

Im mostly english but quite a bit german too dont know how much though just know its where my last name comes from.


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