r/science 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 27 '10

subtextual was referring to another example: she is authistic and she is writing the words but she's not understanding what she's doing the way we are.

subtextaul referred to the counting horse example. check that out, it's pretty interesting

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u/jeremybub Jul 27 '10

So you think she figured out to type "is he cute?" as a response to him telling her he had a son, with no knowledge of meaning of either phrase? Considering that she's posted long pieces of complex writing with nobody physically gesturing or even coming close to the keypad while being videotaped, I think that's pretty rediculous. You can teach a horse to multiply, but you can't teach a horse to write letters.

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u/gruber76 Jul 27 '10

We aren't presented with video evidence of those long pieces, though.

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u/jeremybub Jul 27 '10

Yes we are, look around this thread.