Comments on: Autism, genius, and the power of obliviousness https://www.isegoria.net/2016/05/autism-genius-and-the-power-of-obliviousness/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 28 May 2026 23:08:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Slovenian Guest https://www.isegoria.net/2016/05/autism-genius-and-the-power-of-obliviousness/comment-page-1/#comment-2470358 Slovenian Guest Tue, 10 May 2016 15:28:26 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=40172#comment-2470358 But it’s sort of true. Social skills are indeed skills. It takes practice and repetition, like painting a car.

And if you don’t monkey around occasionally, have no social muscle memory, because it’s beneath you, you will not be good at it. The other thing is that most autistic geniuses are also neither; they are just antisocial jerks.

]]> By: Adam https://www.isegoria.net/2016/05/autism-genius-and-the-power-of-obliviousness/comment-page-1/#comment-2470342 Adam Tue, 10 May 2016 14:44:57 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=40172#comment-2470342 I guess I would say beware the explanation that flatters your self-perception. This essay reminds me somewhat of a similar essay by Paul Graham on why nerds aren’t popular in high school. They just can’t be bothered with it, you see. Yeah, maybe….

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