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 Topic: Do you ever use public transportation? |
Archimedes
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 Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:15 pm Subject: Do you ever use public transportation? |
I use public transit out of necessity, because I don't have a car, and because taxis are relatively expensive. I also like to bike, but biking does not have a very great range.
But I do like rail t ... |
| Topic: Do You Have Asperger's? Take the Online Quiz |
Archimedes
Replies: 55
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 3:27 am Subject: Do You Have Asperger's? Take the Online Quiz |
I noticed it rather quickly also; it is Simon Baron-Cohen's Autism Quotient test.
But here is a site with not only that test, but some more of his tests; they reside in pages that will never time o ... |
| Topic: String Theory |
Archimedes
Replies: 23
Views: 1248
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 2:41 pm Subject: String Theory |
| While we're at it, some more about the Standard Model of particle physics. It is predicted to have an additional particle, a "Higgs particle", with spin 0 and charge 0. This particle has the interesti ... |
| Topic: Walking babies destroying the forums? |
Archimedes
Replies: 17
Views: 1176
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 8:01 am Subject: Walking babies destroying the forums? |
| I've never seen that particular one, but I have seen ones where you try to click on something moving or throw some ball or whatever -- and that take over Firefox. Is that a way of getting attention to ... |
| Topic: George Bush - Aspie? |
Archimedes
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 2:42 am Subject: George Bush - Aspie? |
| He might not be NT but instead have inverse Asperger's Syndrome, as I call it, something I had posted on in [url=http://www.wrongplanet.net/asperger.html?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=9735]this thread ... |
| Topic: String Theory |
Archimedes
Replies: 23
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:37 am Subject: String Theory |
I'm familiar with some of the mathematics behind string theory, and behind elementary particle physics in general, so I'll chime in here.
It's a proposed "Theory of Everything", a physical theory t ... |
| Topic: Anybody know about a dictionary of isotopes? |
Archimedes
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:38 pm Subject: Anybody know about a dictionary of isotopes? |
There are also various collections of isotope data online; a quick search yielded:
http://isotopes.lbl.gov/toi.html
http://chemlab.pc.maricopa.edu/periodic/periodic.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/w ... |
| Topic: Turing programs... |
Archimedes
Replies: 12
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 4:11 pm Subject: Turing programs... |
| I think that you people are talking about the Turing Test, first proposed in [url=http://www.abelard.org/turpap/turpap.htm]Computing machinery and intelligence by Alan Turing himself. He originally im ... |
| Topic: The Opposite of Asperger's Syndrome? |
Archimedes
Replies: 69
Views: 8916
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 5:38 pm Subject: The Opposite of Asperger's Syndrome? |
| First, I agree with Steve_Cory that "Aspies" have different well-developed skills and interested -- some are very good at mathematics, while others are not. So what's important here may be what is typ ... |
| Topic: Trying to be diagnosed as an adult |
Archimedes
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Views: 1155
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 10:24 am Subject: Trying to be diagnosed as an adult |
| I recently contacted some local public-health centers and psychiatric clinics, and I found that those centers do not do Asperger's-syndrome evaluations and that those clinics charge lots of $$$'s -- $ ... |
| Topic: The Opposite of Asperger's Syndrome? |
Archimedes
Replies: 69
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 4:29 am Subject: The Opposite of Asperger's Syndrome? |
What would someone with the opposite of autism / Asperger's Syndrome be like?
Very social, empathetic, friendly, and verbal, but often clueless about mathematics and mechanical things and the like, ... |
| Topic: My self-diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome |
Archimedes
Replies: 55
Views: 3823
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:41 pm Subject: My self-diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome |
I appreciate of all the appreciation I've gotten for my efforts. 
I've discovered that [url=http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html]the Wired AQ-test page still exists, but also that ... |
| Topic: My self-diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome |
Archimedes
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Views: 3823
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 2:23 pm Subject: My self-diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome |
I suppose that if it's OK for Wired and the Guardian, then it's OK for me also.
From that Guardian article; in ()'s are my figures:
EQ:
Asperger: 20 (9 - 33)
Normal male: 42 (26 - 51)
Normal ... |
| Topic: My self-diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome |
Archimedes
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:33 pm Subject: My self-diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome |
Here goes:
[url=http://homepage.mac.com/lpetrich/Asperger/Index.html]The master page, with expected scores and links to the tests:
[url=http://homepage.mac.com/lpetrich/Asperger/AutismQuotient.h ... |
| Topic: My self-diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome |
Archimedes
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Views: 3823
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 5:51 pm Subject: My self-diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome |
| After something seemingly minor turned into a major blowup, someone suggested to me that I have Asperger's syndrome; this is the first time that I recall anyone ever suspecting me of having that condi ... |
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