Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] speaking of apocalyptic horsemen...

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Mikhail Kovalenko wrote:

> I'm afraid things are usually not that simple. Have any of your heard of
> California's "Geek Syndrome"?
>
> http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aspergers.html
>
> Don't know if it's an isolated case or a trend, but its implications are
> intriguing. You both are also forgetting that our "civilized and
> well-educated" society was built on the ignorance of the Middle Ages
> when few posessed what we now consider basic knowledge. It seems that
> people as a society tend to get smarter with time (do not confuse this
> with people as a mob where group IQ is inversely proportional to the
> crowd size :).


The theory could be completely wrong, but if it isn't, it's a theory about
"systematizing" not "intelligence."  I still think we can use more geeks,
even if they do have a higher rate of autism in their kids.

Mike
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