Talk:Albert Einstein

Hello,

Just discovered this Wiki and it looks great. On the Einstein page, it says that it's the firm view that he is autistic, and I strongly agree. However, there is one thing I want to change, I want to replace this paragraph:

Einstein is held by many to be on the Autistic spectrum, in particular having Asperger syndrome according to researchers at Cambridge and Oxford Universities. As a child, Einstein was a loner, and repeated sentences obsessively until he was seven years old. with this:

Einstein is held by many to be on the Autistic spectrum, in particular having Asperger syndrome according to researchers at Cambridge and Oxford Universities. As a child, Einstein was a loner, and repeated sentences obsessively until he was seven years old. Professor Simon Baron-Cohen was one of the scientists that made this diagnosis. His reasoning for diagnosing Einstein with Autism was that “This condition can make people depressed or suicidal, so if we can find out how to make things easier for them, that’s worthwhile.”

Thank you

Supercoolemily (talk) 02:11, March 26, 2019 (UTC)


 * I'd rather not use Baron-Cohen if I can possibly avoid it. I'm not saying what he said was wrong - I just want his influence over this Wikia's content minimised. He has labeled all Autistic brains as male, which is flagrant sexism which female Autistics are rightly offended by. TLPG 06:37, March 26, 2019 (UTC)


 * Makes sense, though you should know that three of your sources cite Baron-Cohen, which you may want to remove.


 * https://autismmythbusters.com/general-public/famous-autistic-people/ (not directly, but it links to one of his studies)
 * http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2988647.stm
 * https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn3676-einstein-and-newton-showed-signs-of-autism/


 * Instead, I would recommend this research paper by Ioan James https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/014107680309600112


 * Supercoolemily (talk) 16:25, March 26, 2019 (UTC)


 * I'll leave them for the moment because I just don't have time right now to look through that. As much as he's a pain in the rear end, he does have a high profile in diagnosis. My preference actually is that we find more stuff that doesn't so much support Einstein being on the Spectrum, but rather bunks the fools who say he wasn't. TLPG 11:31, March 27, 2019 (UTC)