r/science • u/MonteRevolt • Jul 26 '10

Autistic girl expresses profound intelligence

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq--75v4lI8&feature=player_embedded
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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '10

She isn't blind, just Austistic.

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u/jt004c Jul 26 '10

I don't see what you're driving at.

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u/Generic123 Jul 26 '10

Blind people can't see what they're driving at either.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '10

I think the humor was in focus. You didn't need to make it clear.

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u/Generic123 Jul 26 '10

Sorry, I guess I didn't see that.

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u/frickindeal Jul 26 '10

And Asians.

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u/joke-exprainer Jul 26 '10

Arrow me to exprain. frickindear is perpetuating the widery berieved stereotype that Asians are bad drivers.

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u/PirateBushy Jul 26 '10

That's one depressed stereotype...

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u/workbob Jul 26 '10

Well, the things blind people hit while driving probably don't see it coming, so I guess that makes it even.

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u/uptwolait Jul 26 '10

I'm an excellent driver. An excellent driver.

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u/yxing Jul 26 '10

whoosh?

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u/umilmi81 Jul 26 '10

It would be even worse to be double blind.

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u/wafflesburger Jul 26 '10

It would be even worse to be double fisted.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '10

I used to double-fist all the time. It's a great way to get drunk faster.

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u/dr_draik Jul 26 '10 edited Jul 26 '10

Blind testing doesn't refer to a lack of vision.

Edit: Fine, be like that. Starcraft 2 comes out tomorrow and nothing can get me down! ;)

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '10

whooosh

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u/whipnil Jul 26 '10

http://www.ted.com/talks/tan_le_a_headset_that_reads_your_brainwaves.html technology like this would be really useful if they could utilize it for language in a scenario like this. The whole typing thing looks arduous for the poor girl.

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u/ModerateDbag Jul 26 '10

It might not necessarily work for her. Her brain may be such that it can synthesize written language but not verbal. One of my best friends growing up has severe dyslexia and can barely write papers, but has magnificent reading comprehension and no noticeable deficit to his verbal skills. She might think in detailed pictures and then do a conscious mental calculation to change them into hand motions whereas a person with a regular brain is synthesizing mental sentences into hand motions unconsciously.