[Air-L] do we all have asperger's?

[Barry Wellman]

I am not making this up:

"A day after the Hans Reiser murder trial drifted into the netherworld,
the murder case against the Linux programmer careened Thursday into the
world of psychiatry.

Defense witness and psychiatrist Beverly Parr, on the stand for the second
day, testified that those who use a computer regularly "possibly" might
have Asperger's syndrome. Those diagnosed with this disorder have impaired
social skills.

"His activities were restricted to the computer more than I would expect,"
testified Parr, a family friend of the Reisers.

"What you're saying, you found his work on the computer matched one of the
diagnostic features of Asperger's?" prosecutor Paul Hora asked on cross
examination.

"Possibly."

There's more to the story at the website:

Source: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/hans_reiser_trial/index.html#top
22Feb08

 Barry Wellman
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