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| | Sowell wrote a well-researched book criticizing "[[black redneck culture]]"<ref>[http://www.tsowell.com/Rednecks.htm Black Rednecks & White Liberals]</ref> in which he points out that, "some blacks resent anything that suggests anything negative about themselves."<ref>[http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4296 Black Rednecks and White Liberals: Who's a Redneck?]</ref> | | Sowell wrote a well-researched book criticizing "[[black redneck culture]]"<ref>[http://www.tsowell.com/Rednecks.htm Black Rednecks & White Liberals]</ref> in which he points out that, "some blacks resent anything that suggests anything negative about themselves."<ref>[http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4296 Black Rednecks and White Liberals: Who's a Redneck?]</ref> |
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| − | '''Einstein syndrome''' is a term coined by the economist [[Thomas Sowell]] to describe exceptionally bright people who experience a delay in development of [[Speaking|speech]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=James|first1=Ioan|title=Autism in mathematicians|journal=The Mathematical Intelligencer|date=15 November 2008|volume=25|issue=4|pages=62–65|doi=10.1007/BF02984863}}</ref> Commonalities include usually being boys, delayed speech development, highly educated parents, musically gifted families, puzzle-solving abilities, and lagging social development.<ref name= "Sowell">{{cite book | first = Thomas |authorlink=Thomas Sowell| last = Sowell | title = The Einstein Syndrome: Bright Children Who Talk Late | pages = 89–150 | publisher = Basic Books | year = 2001 | isbn = 0-465-08140-1 }}</ref> Einstein syndrome can often be misdiagnosed as [[autism]]. Many of these high achieving late-talkers were notoriously strong willed and noncompliant as children.<ref name="mitpress">{{cite web|title=Five Minutes with Stephen Camarata|url=https://mitpress.mit.edu/blog/five-minutes-stephen-camarata|website=The MIT Press|publisher=The MIT Press|accessdate=3 March 2016}}</ref> One major difference between Einstein syndrome and autism is that in Einstein syndrome, communication skills automatically reach a normal level and the child requires no further special treatment.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Camarata|first1=Stephen M.|title=Late-talking children : a symptom or a stage?|date=2014|isbn=9780262027793}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Treffert|first1=DA|title=Savant syndrome: realities, myths and misconceptions.|journal=Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders|date=March 2014|volume=44|issue=3|pages=564–71|doi=10.1007/s10803-013-1906-8|pmid=23918440}}</ref> Outlook with or without intervention is generally favorable.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Rapin|first1=Isabelle|journal=Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders|date=2002|title=Book Review: Diagnostic Dilemmas in Developmental Disabilities: Fuzzy Margins at the Edges of Normality. An Essay Prompted by Thomas Sowell's New Book: The Einstein Syndrome|volume=32|issue=1|pages=49–57|doi=10.1023/A:1017956224167}}</ref>
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| − | Einstein syndrome is named after [[Albert Einstein]] whom Sowell used as his primary example.<ref name="Sowell2003"/> Sowell also included [[Edward Teller]],<ref name="Sowell2003"/> [[Srinivasa Ramanujan]],<ref name="Sowell2003"/> the mathematician [[Julia Robinson]],<ref name="Sowell2008"/> [[Richard Feynman]],<ref name="Sowell2003"/><ref name="Sowell2008">
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Thomas Sowell (born June 30, 1930) is America's most famous African American conservative author. His book A Conflict of Visions contrasts the political beliefs of the modern left and right.[1] Sowell has a Ph.D in Economics from Harvard University, and is currently a Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.[2]
Sowell, who cites George Will as a personal influence, prefers writing for popular audiences over writing for more "academic" setting, saying that "writing for the general public enables him to address the heart of issues without the smoke and mirrors that so often accompany academic writing".[3]
Sowell wrote a well-researched book criticizing "black redneck culture"[4] in which he points out that, "some blacks resent anything that suggests anything negative about themselves."[5]
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