From the Comments section of The Week in Pictures, at Power Line (scroll down), the following observations concerning the so-called "shaman" arrested for arson in CA. She'd graduated from Cal Tech, the notional employer of Big Bang Theory characters Sheldon, Leonard, Howard, and Raj.
First, a regular with the screen name Mt Geoff-Debbie writes as follows.A significant number of STEM geniuses -- verifiable geniuses -- are "on the spectrum" and may have some whacked-out ideas to go with their genius.
To which Hdwjunkie replies:
This is very true. I worked in the software industry for almost 40 years. It's amazing how many people on the spectrum work in software. And the other little secret is that, as a group, the offspring of people that couple up in this environment are also often on the spectrum.
I personally know a family with three generations in STEM; "On the spectrum" should be their family motto. The family demonstrates very clearly autism is heritable - it's no "little secret."
