Chapter 72 genius idiot

An autistic man who was unable to take care of himself in daily life managed to restore a Rubik's cube to its original shape in 40 seconds. Mitchell is nineteen years old and has never said a wise word.His eyes are clear and sharp, as if he can penetrate everything, but he is in a daze, as if he is thinking about an important matter that he cannot and does not need to express to others.Mitchell liked to rock back and forth in his chair for a long time, making grunting noises or making all kinds of quick and nervous gestures. Mitchell is an autistic patient who lives in his own inner world. Because he cannot live independently in the world of normal people, he always needs the care of others.But one day a miracle happened. Someone gave Mitchell a messed up Rubik's Cube to play with. Mitchell, who was playing with the Rubik's Cube for the first time, restored it to its original shape in less than forty seconds!

This is not a blind cat meeting a dead mouse, but a special endowment often seen in autistic people.In the movie "Rain Man", played by Destin.The autistic patient played by Hoffman can recite half of the phone book and remember the card types and order on the stud table. Although it is a bit exaggerated, it is not groundless.According to expert statistics, about one tenth of autistic patients will show genius-like abilities in certain fields. Someone compares that the brain of an autistic patient may have very few or very small sieve holes for filtering external stimuli. The few stimuli he is interested in can be dealt with without distraction and concentration, so in some special fields, there will be performances that make ordinary people speechless.

But this peculiarity also has its embarrassment.When autistic people with special talents enter special education institutions and try to teach them well, their special talents usually disappear.In fact, the two seem incompatible at the point when autistic people's socialization improves slightly, the point at which their special talents begin to fade. Fish and bear's paw cannot have both.The same is true for autistic people who are both geniuses and idiots.