US study states Putin has Asperger's Syndrome

[Wake Me Up When The Hard Border Ends]

Pentagon study from 2008, released to the media on Wednesday, states that while it cannot be confirmed without a brain scan, Putin's body movements and facial expressions are very indicative of Asperger's Syndrome.

[Vega]

I'd take this with a big grain of salt. If Russia released a study claiming Obama had some sort of disorder would we believe it?

[Wake Me Up When The Hard Border Ends]

I'd take this with a big grain of salt. If Russia released a study claiming Obama had some sort of disorder would we believe it?

Very good point, and particularly as no brainscan has been done to confirm any form of autism in Putin, I'm definitely taking this with a grain of salt. People can have autistic traits without being on the spectrum as well.

[Beezer]

He does sometimes appear slightly socially awkward. Maybe he's just a bit shy...all he wants is someone to share his deepest and most intimate secrets with.

[RogueBeaver]

This BS "study" was done by someone whose background is in interpretive dance, who works for a BS factory.

[Wake Me Up When The Hard Border Ends]

He does sometimes appear slightly socially awkward. Maybe he's just a bit shy...all he wants is someone to share his deepest and most intimate secrets with.

Could very well be, it could be any number of things.

This BS "study" was done by someone whose background is in interpretive dance, who works for a BS factory.

Thanks for that RB. Thinking about it, the article I originally saw this news from, failed to mention anything about the background "study"... It just goes to show, research needs quality backing. Also, If you ask me, there are better things to do than brain-scan politicians!

[Silent Hunter]

So what? Churchill was probably on the spectrum too.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Churchill was probably on the spectrum too.

No.

[Famous Mortimer]

Putin being autistic makes sense because the invasion of Ukraine seems like it was done by a person who learned foreign policy from a history book about WWII but has no idea about the actual motivations of modern Western leaders.

[DC Al Fine]

I wish we were this good at diagnosing cancer

[NewYorkExpress]

I wish we were this good at diagnosing cancer

We are, we're just not that good at curing it.

[Wake Me Up When The Hard Border Ends]

Spokesman for Putin hits back at study, while Pentagon plays it down.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Putin being autistic makes sense because the invasion of Ukraine seems like it was done by a person who learned foreign policy from a history book about WWII but has no idea about the actual motivations of modern Western leaders.

No.

[Famous Mortimer]

Putin being autistic makes sense because the invasion of Ukraine seems like it was done by a person who learned foreign policy from a history book about WWII but has no idea about the actual motivations of modern Western leaders.

No.

I agree that autism is over diagnosed but this line of counter-argument is childish.

[136or142]

This is probably B.S.  I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure there is no way that asperger's can be determined with a brain scan.

Edited, this article is from a few years ago, but the brain scans for determining asperger's are in their preliminary state: http://www.webmd.com/brain/autism/news/20101206/mri-scans-may-help-evaluate-aspergers-syndrome

[136or142]

"Some experts have suggested that Kenyan anti-colonial behavior is a more predictive model of President Obama's actions."

I highly doubt there is a single genuine 'expert' who suggests this. I'd hardly count a handful of far right wing pop psychologists and the psycopath Krauthammer as experts on much of anything.

[Famous Mortimer]

That was originally a quote from Newt Gingrich. Also, no psychiatric journal has ever defined, or even used, the term "Kenyan anti-colonial behavior" it's not a real thing.

[136or142]

Oh, thanks. 

Although it's not an official term, it hasn't stopped the psychiatrist Krauthammer from expounding on it.

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Clearly he would have been a perfectly well adjusted dictator if he hadn't gotten a measles vaccine.