The Pain of Life with Aspergers

"We are so excited for you to join our team, Chris, your scores were the highest we have ever seen. Our only reservation is that we might not be able to control you."--VP of Operations in 2012.

As an American society, we are uncomfortable with the topic of intelligence. Is there any other explanation for almost everyone knowing their credit score but almost no one knowing their Intelligence quotient (IQ) score.

I have been working in technology and software for 17 years and have been subjected to IQ, personality, and skills assessments as part of the hiring process. Often after the results come in there is a noticeable shift in the energy of the humans who were ecstatic during the verbal portion of the evaluation the results create discomfort.

I have Autism Spectrum Disorder (Aspergers) like my fellow humans Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, and Steven Spielberg and because of the hiring practices of technology and software companies, I have in-depth information about the architecture of my mind.

"People with strong Strategic talents have the ability to sort through the clutter and find the best route. This is not a skill that can be taught. It is a distinct way of thinking — a special perspective on the world at large."--Gallup Strengthfinders

All 5 of my top 5 strengths fall into the strategic thinking pillar of leadership. One of the challenges of ASD is that I have no emotional intelligence, the consequence of a brain-wired for almost 100% logic.

Nothing on the planet inspires more eye rolls than the term INTJ, commonly referred to in society as "know-it-alls"

Why do we have such a negative relationship with intelligence? Who decided that if you exhibit greater knowledge than others that is a derogatory and negative thing?

Leonardo Da Vinci (1459 - 1512) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect

When did the relationship between humans and knowledge become toxic, how did we get to this point?

Alan Turing (1912 - 1954) was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist.

How could the Cambridge Dictionary negate the rich history of humans who have been born with access to extraordinary knowledge bases?

Nikola Tesla (1856 - 1943) was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist.

I have been called a "Know it all" my entire life and I am now coming to understand that sometime after World War 2, Society began to hate the idea of a human having vast knowledge.

I am willing to bet almost 100% of you know your credit scores from Transunion, Experian, and Equifax but 1% or less know their IQ scores:

General IQ, Arithmetic IQ, Spatial Skill IQ, Logical IQ, Spelling IQ, Short Term Memory IQ, Rote Utilization IQ, Algebraic IQ, General Knowledge IQ, Visual Apprehension IQ, Geometric IQ, Vocabulary IQ, Intuition IQ, Computational Speed IQ

It's never been easy to exist with Autism Spectrum Disorder (Aspergers), I share the same disorder as respected Know-it-alls: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla, Charles Darwin.

And if I ask you what is the difference between me and those listed

Don't say billions of dollars, Einstein, Tesla, Darwin, Turing, and Da Vinci were not billionaires.

Don't say building vast business empires, Einstein, Tesla, Darwin, Turing, and Da Vinci did not build vast empires.

Be honest about what makes humans call me, An African American man born with Aspergers a "Know it all and Artificial Intelligence labels me something completely different:

Evaluated by a 96-dimensional intelligence model I built on ChatGPT 4o to help me cope with the pains of living with Aspergers being reviled as a Know it all.

Thank you, Aurelia!