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Stephen Wiltshire draws Rome from memory. Amazing.
I wonder...why do we judge a person's life as a compasison to our own? Yes, he is autistic...but why feel sorry for him? I think he has done more in his life than most people ever will...and has seen more beautiful things than all of us put together.
I envy him.
Right, but the problem with some forms of autism is the lack of the ability to socialize "normally". The feelings of isolation or the lack of interest in forming social bonds makes it so they either feel alone, or don't care for human contact. In that, they are trapped in their own mind unable or unwilling to share life with others. A gift and a curse I would say. Like all things it has some good and some bad; with the good and bad being on the far end of both sides of the spectrum.
The same would go for someone dying of cancer. At least they know the how and more likely the when they will die. Why pity them? Well it is for the same reasons, we weight the negative of dying soon more heavily than the safety of knowing the what and when. More over, they will experience pain that most of us will not. The comparison is not perfect as they (an autistic) won't experience any physical pain per say. And it is by no means a sickness like cancer either, it is just a social disorder brought about by a chemical or biological impairment of certain parts of the brain. In certain cases the impairment introduces new abilities, but it still makes doing other tasks that you and I take for granted impossible.
He is worthy of both pity and envy in other words.
The Day The Universe Changed (ep 7)
Ant Caterpillar Mutualism
650 Million years in 1:20
WalMart - spreading like a virus
Documentary on the 1983 nuclear war scare
You can't apply this situation to many of the problems and countries we deal with now however, but the lesson is still valid. Misinformation that could lead to annihilation should be avoided...at all costs.
Incredible Footage of Cops Slamming Dodge Van Into Divider
Intolerable Cruelty - Heinz, the Baron Krauss von Espy
Winnie the Pooh worships Satan
meme* channel anyone?
Julius Caesar's Greatest Battle (Conquest of Gaul)
Riding the Freak Wave on a Yacht
Peter Schiff warns of run on the dollar
Mitch Hedberg Comedy Central Special
Ninja > Pirate
Eddie Izzard - Dress To Kill (full show)