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What famous people in history do you think would be disgnosed with autism if they lived in modern day?

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    There is a legit theory in historical circles that Galileo Galilei was brcause he clearly didn't understand some social conventions. Additionally, he was really ok with home arrest.

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    Oh no, sentenced to stay at my house where all my favorite stuff is, and a legally binding excuse to not have to go to that thing someone invited me to. You sure showed me, whatever shall I do?

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      Nietzsche

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        Thomas Jefferson. Good at writing, shit at social conventions. Developed a whole mechanised house via slaves. Slavery might not be an autistic trait, but mechanizing your house is.

        I wouldn't consider him a positive example, but he almost certainly was autistic.

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          Alfred Krupp, German steel manufacturer, inventor, and the largest arms dealer of his age.

          He was obsessed with building cannons and built the first successful breech loading cannon of cast steel. Common wisdom was that such cannons would explode and kill their operators. He kept building cannons even though nobody would buy them.

          He was an extreme hypocondriac who also suffered from depression. He would not leave his bed for weeks or months at a time. He would weigh anyone who visited his house and kept over thirty years of records before he died. He loved the smell of horse dung and had his office built over the stables so he could always smell it.

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            David Lynch.

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              All religions figures and or founders.

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                Alan Turing, I bet

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                  Alfred Krupp, German steel manufacturer, inventor, and the largest arms dealer of his age.

                  He was obsessed with building cannons and built the first successful breech loading cannon of cast steel. Common wisdom was that such cannons would explode and kill their operators. He kept building cannons even though nobody would buy them.

                  He was an extreme hypocondriac who also suffered from depression. He would not leave his bed for weeks or months at a time. He would weigh anyone who visited his house and kept over thirty years of records before he died. He loved the smell of horse dung and had his office built over the stables so he could always smell it.

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                  jesus christ bro was cooked

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                    Isaac Newton.

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                      I remember reading about some crazy military guy that was like charging machine guns with a bayonet and winning, or something equally absurd. He was like the one Centurion that lived three ages later and is now like the best guy in the army.

                      Can't think of his name & I need to go to bed since I've had like 3 hours of sleep in the last 48 hours so I can't fall down the "crazy military story" rabbit hole right now. I'm sure someone smarter than me can link a Wikipedia page.

                      Anyway, that dude definitely had a touch of the 'tism.

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