Well, I didn’t think that.
It is Marcella who keeps defending her position that her great list of famous people are really autistic. Her reasoning is that George Washington grew marijuana. You explained it perfectly and far better than I. I just knew that they all grew hemp, but you put it into context.
I was merely arguing that it is dangerous to impose 21st century rules on 18th century customs and to draw conclusions from that.
In Marcella’s defense (limited) some of the people on her list have long been classified as “possible” autistics (Einstein, Gates, etc.). But others don’t deserve that description at all, if only because of their highly developed social skills.
“It is Marcella who keeps defending her position that her great list of famous people are really autistic.”
It is not my list - it is a list made up by some professionals who examined the life/habits/behavior of these individuals.
You are not reading what I said - I wouldn’t label ANY of those people as having Asperger’s OR being autistic. I said that - no person gets a mental label if they are living their life successfully. I believe they were highly intelligent and had their own way of using that intelligence, living their way, and it was different than most other people living their lives. People who are “different” tend to get labels when they shouldn’t as they are just beautifully different.