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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What bothers me is when one can't attribute genius to a "normal" person, there's often an explanation that points to a "disorder".

In my opinion, extreme success requires obsession, whether it be in chess, art, or athleticism - whatever. What gets a person to that point is usually interesting; I loved Beth's story. [/quote]

It's not the genius its the other things that have been said in here again and again. Someone upthread listed like 7 examples of the social interactions which have nothing to do with the genius aspect. I'm sure there are plenty of genius people who don't struggle as much socially, but Beth was not one of those characters. Everyone agrees that she had a traumatic past but it just doesn't easily explain away all the other instances people have cited here. The bizarre instance that it definitely and cannot be autism is very odd here.[/quote]
It's more a general statement about genius, and maybe I'm missing examples of where that's not the case. I guess my question is do you think that's what the original author or screenwriter was trying to convey? For it me it doesn't matter whether it's definitively Autism or not.  She is a complicated character and that makes her interesting. 
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