wattsd comments on Thoughts on designing policies for oneself - Less Wrong

74 Post author: John_Maxwell_IV 28 November 2012 01:27AM

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Comment author: MugaSofer 26 November 2012 11:33:04PM 1 point [-]

Of course, Einstein has since been proved not to be neurotypical. It was all over the news. The ... science news.

Comment author: wattsd 30 November 2012 02:41:25PM 4 points [-]

The problem is that we don't know if Einstein not being neuortypical is the cause of his genius, or the result of a lifetime of thinking in a certain way. Brains aren't static and can change over time, it's entirely possible he was born with a neurotypical brain that became aytpical over the course of his life.

Comment author: MugaSofer 01 December 2012 06:16:47AM 1 point [-]

It's possible, yes. But he may, in fact, have had superpowers unavailable to the rest of us.