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Re:The Man Who Invented Intelligent Traffic Control a Centur... by unexistance on Thursday July 28, 2016 @06:13PM (#12183589)
> “Because of my low grades, my father thought that I might be mentally retarded,” Adler later wrote. His father took Charles to see a psychologist, who said, “You have a remarkable son [with] a vivid imagination. He should be encouraged to invent.”

What a psychologist!

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Re:The Man Who Invented Intelligent Traffic Control a Centur... by PhasmaFelis on Thursday July 28, 2016 @11:03PM (#12184817)
My psychologists said the same, as a child. I suspect it's a stock phrase for many of them.

Psychologists as a profession are much more comfortable with the idea of people whose thought processes are unusual, but still effective. It's what they're for, really.

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