Autistic people have super powers? Are super heroes autistic

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WddDW2kJkA8

If my only "Super-Power" is the ability to invoke anger and frustration in those around me, then so be it.

I mean, according to some people on this website, that's all I'm good for.

Nobody has super powers irl

Speak for yourself! LOL

If they say that they are obviously morons.
Are you deep into a subject? Do you have extreme concentration skills. My dad ( long before I was diagnosed ) used to say I had tunnel vision. Finally I am proud of that!

According to autism sites, NTs are the ones with superpowers.
They can organise all their thoughts, communicate by their bodies, get good grades without studying, know exactly what to say to someone who is crying, have adult level social skills by 6 months, play with toys in a precise way but different each time, form social cliques and gangs by 18 months, start lying from the moment they can talk if not before, have 0 interests but always have a million things to talk about, have at least 8 hours of undisturbed sleep every night, never stress about anything, never read books but can read fast without any distracting thoughts, can base their whole lives living a career they hate just for the money or because all their mates studied for it, can put up with anything by being pretentious, have their own mind but don't have their own mind, are able to bully people and get away with it...

(Sarcasm, by the way).

So, the thought occurred to me once upon a time as I was thrust into a social dynamic I absolutely did not want to be in but circumstances dictated it was mandatory - socialization rituals (which is how I see them) are actually indeed pretty fascinating. The collective gathers and an unspoken hive mind emerges which they are all plugged into that coordinates what is considered acceptable behavior to the hive. I had also seen NT people as indistinguishable aside from physical traits of one to the other, and when this thought struck me, it kind of awed me to piece together how NT's are inherently wired to this invisible supercomputer, if you will, that is dictating their social conduct. This is just how I observe it. Somewhat like pack dynamics, the subtext to the conversation is usually about displaying some form of dominance and the collective banding together to chase out whatever is perceived as different from itself. It's actually fairly fascinating to just observe.

Hey with that skill set you could be President of the United States of America. I mean, it's not cool as being one of the Presidents of the United States of America, but it's a decent consolation prize.

are super villains neutrotypials?

Robert Downey Jr's Tony Stark struck me as ADHD.

Many Sherlock Holmes portrayals seems like an aspie, but Robert Downey Jr's seems like an ADHD.

Uh. Wait a second. Is there a pattern here??

We don't superpowers, it's a bunch of bull. You know why? Because superheroes don't exist. Therefore, if we had superpowers, we wouldn't exist either.

There are no superheroes, and they are definitely not going to save the day like they would if this world's problems were in a comic book or a movie.

Autistic savants have super powers, IMHO. I don't analyse fiction; instead, I accept the author's descriptions.

So someone cannot have super intelligence because he cannot fly? "super power" is not restricted to only fantasy powers. Suppose everyone had super powers but no one used those powers for good ( in other words no one was a hero ) . Would that mean that super powers do not exist?
Super powers do not exist because superheroes do not exist is like saying, " Evil doesn't exist because super villains do not exist.

"Because superheroes don't exist. Therefore, if we had superpowers, we wouldn't exist either."
That is a tautology. Superheroes do not exist because superheroes do not exist. I am not saying that they exist. I am saying that your argument is invalid and a fallacy. There is a difference between validity and truth. Here is an argument that is valid but not true. 1. All Martians eat snakes. 2. Bob is a Martian. 3. Therefore Bob eats snakes. Here is an syllogism that is true but invalid. 1. Nixon was president. 2. Obama was president. 3. Therefore the earth is not flat. Note that all 3 statements are true. However, the syllogism makes no sense. Your syllogism is true ( there are no superheroes ) but your syllogism is invalid. It does not follow that if there are no superheroes, no one has superpowers. For example an IQ of 200 is a super power.

lost on earth, love your name!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeVhhHRDcQU

Actually this. They seem to develop an unhuman ability in a very specific area but sadly at the expense of pretty much all other areas of their lives.