This is a slightly longer video and with what seems to be longish “asides” relating to human perception, systema training, the ability to spot deception and so on, but they are all linked topics and I hope help make this a bit more interesting and easier to understand.
Aspergers, and to some extent the whole autism spectrum disorders, has, in my opinion, been quite misunderstood by most professionals. As usual, I am not a doctor, this is the internet, etc, however, as explained in the video, I believe a fundamental lack with regard to understanding how Aspergers works and how in certain cases it can actually be a benefit, as it can allow for a more objective, logical view of issues with emotions somewhat removed from the observation to a degree most humans are less capable of, so can result in fundamentally better results when trying to discover the truth of a topic, be it scientific, logical, mathematical, or whatever.
Though there seems to be other factors at play too, not least of which apparently is the presence of Neanderthal DNA, along with, obviously, IQ.
A couple of links to somewhat useful articles are added below.
https://wizzkids.wordpress.com/2011/09/11/brain-science-of-aspergers-and-autism-pt-4-mirror-neurons/
