That article and others like it borders closely on bigotry.
There is a subtle implication that people with exceptional ability, especially in technical areas, must be defective (ie Aspergers or other syndrome).
Some people are simply intellectually superior to the norm. The article seems to have no recognition of that fact, nor of the consequences of social choices, time choices, or personality type like shyness etc.
The rather bigoted implication is that there are ONLY two type of people; "normal" people who are not particularly good at technical stuff, and "defective" or "disfunctional" people that are really good at technical stuff but impaired in other ways.
It looks like sanctioned geek-bashing, high school popularity contests gone mainstream.
There is a subtle implication that people with exceptional ability, especially in technical areas, must be defective (ie Aspergers or other syndrome).
Some people are simply intellectually superior to the norm. The article seems to have no recognition of that fact, nor of the consequences of social choices, time choices, or personality type like shyness etc.
The rather bigoted implication is that there are ONLY two type of people; "normal" people who are not particularly good at technical stuff, and "defective" or "disfunctional" people that are really good at technical stuff but impaired in other ways.
It looks like sanctioned geek-bashing, high school popularity contests gone mainstream.