No, you're not wrong. It's incredibly foolish, even given the stringent bio-hazard protocols used by labs conducting this kind of research. Here's to hoping that whatever it is doesn't get 12 Monkey-ed.
It depends, I think. Not everyone on the spectrum is a Shake & Bake egghead with complex math pouring out of their ears. That doesn't stop people from pinning it to their chests as a badge of pride though, even if it's only self-diagnosed.
Aah, now that's a different animal. People run their mouths off at bars all the time - who was it, what did they say, what's their association to the party, did they just shoot their mouth off about it, or did they actually do it?
If it's true, it was a massively stupid move, if not, maybe take McKenna's sources with a grain of salt in the future. She's pretty solid, but that's an awfully bold claim to make based on jocular taproom banter.
"I have autism. No, not the kind that used to get you locked in asylums and sterilized, the kind that has careers and scientists like Bazoopers Big Bang character. I can't even buy a Corvette to trick tradwifes into marrying me. No, I don't have a diagnosis, but I did get 120 on my IQ test™."
He judged, I think accurately, that they weren't willing to relinquish the funds needed to * checks notes * assassinate the elected leader of a global superpower? Holy shit, and he's so much of a Nazi that he sees Trump as a reasonable candidate for left-leaning targets? Who the fuck did this kid think he was, fucking Giga Hitler?
No, you're not wrong. It's incredibly foolish, even given the stringent bio-hazard protocols used by labs conducting this kind of research. Here's to hoping that whatever it is doesn't get 12 Monkey-ed.