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My friend may be the most intelligent individual in the world, and why it relates to cyberpunk.
| Mainly that he seems to be actually intelligent. But I also think the reason a lot of people suspect him to be dumb, is simply because he's bad at expressing himself.When he tries to explain things, nobody understands him, and it gets brushed of as being just some random dumb shit he's saying, even though he never got to say anything.
Some other reasons I suspect him to be intelligent, is because of how on a different plane of existence he his.
| You are never able to properly understand him, even though everything seems to be completely clear to him.
Then to why this relates to cyberpunk. I think that a cyberpunk future is more or less inevitable judging by how humans are and how things are going. But I think that if we manage to get him some kind of tool or medium that makes it easier to understand him, some of his ideas I believe would be revolutionary.
| He's on a different plane of existence, and if we manage to understand him, we will be too, and we won't have to experience a horrible, cyberpunk future.
And don't get me wrong, I love cyberpunk, but having to live through something like that is something I want to avoid, and why I'm spreading this message, so we can one day rise up, transcend, and avoid cyberpunk, and rather end up in a more optimistic sci-fi world.
| >>414247
same
>>414246
does he have discord? I would love to talk 2 him
Have had a similar life tbh
I have also lived some time with a ton of non-neurotypical people and people who have a hard time explaining their thoughts. Through articulation or mental illnesses.
But I have a great ability to understand ppl and their worldviews- and an ability explaining them in easier terms.
Also I know sum political systems, history, etc.
I think it would be rly fun to analyze his ideas.
| >>414246 (1/2) it could be Aspergers syndrome or other form of autism. I'm a (low level) aspie with dyscalculia (dyslexia for numbers) and anxiety, and that is a pretty good way to explain it: like complete clarity of what I mean, but phrasing so shitty nobody knows what I'm talking about. For me, it's not that I'm super intelligent, but its actually that I connect details without realizing it that seemingly have no connection.
| (2/2) For example, i'll hear two different noises that are similar coming from the same place in a car, so I tell the owner that their car's front left brake caliper is dragging and that their front left cv joint is damaged. They ask me how i can tell that from just riding with them. I've learned that nobody will believe me or understand what i'm trying to say if I actually explain the technical reasons (the different parts of the sounds and what would cause them), so instead,
| (3/2) I just ask if they hit a curb or speedbump kinda hard, and when they say yes, I say that I know what each of the parts of the sound means.
TL;DR: he is probably mildly autistic. I am, and op described what it's like perfectly from an outsider's point of view.
| >>414274
I believe he has Asperger's, and what you're describing kind of sounds like him. He doesn't know about this thread, and I'm not sure he would want me to share his Dic with strangers. Maybe though.
A warning if I can get you in contact with him is that we live in Norway, and he's originally from the Netherlands + everything else, meaning that his English vocabulary is not that great.
I'll be hanging out with him later today, so maybe I'll get his permission.
| >>414278
Can't really post my own Dic name either, due to reasons I can really explain, so I can't just DM you. I could invite you to a server though.
| Actually, I would really like to talk to you about this since you seem to know a lot about the topic, so just join this: https://discord.gg/2QAAm4
Just write hi or something and I'll friend you.
| I find that this is a common theme especially among hackers. When people grow up having nothing else or wanting to run away from everything, if they're smart and interested in computers, they can become jobless shut-in prodigies. (I don't mean that in an offensive way) It's really sad.
| >>414385
That is sad, and doesn't sound too unrealistic. Though he barely gets to use any computers due to his parents trying to parent, but they're not good at parenting, and just end up making his life pretty shitty.
| >>414508
I added you and made a group with me, you and the guy I was talking about. He seemed really excited to talk to someone dealing with similar shit to him.
| Theres this kid in my class, who also has aspergers. Hes pretty inteligent, annoying, and inteligent, but i would not say hes a genious. I think we need more people who are able to understand these, because he has potential, and he does not get the attention he deserves, even more so, since we are living in a third world country.
| these kinds of people****
| >>414669 awesome, thank you!
>>414675 yeah, i agree. It gets so annoying to just be ignored because of a really shitty explanation when it is a genuinely good idea, that i just don't bother to explain myself anymore.
| >>414696 >>414675
I hate the fact that a lot of people ignore them because they find them weird or annoying, and since they are able to talk and control themselves they aren't looked at as someone with actual mental handicap.
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| A friend of mine has a lot of negative stuff. Dyslexia, ADHD, and some other stuff, but I don't know too many details, so I won't mention them. He doesn't have the best family life, having been beat by his real dad and it seems like his mom and stepdad had kind of given up on him.
But I suspect him to be incredibly smart. Having known of his existence for many years, and having been one of his closest friends for over 2 years, I have noticed some things.