An autistic man was surfing the internet on his dad’s sofa. Then the FBI arrived

Re:An autistic man was surfing the internet on his dad’s sof... by Scandiravian on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @05:37AM (#33704253)

They could, but what does that have to do with the situation? Psychopathy affects approximately 1.2% or the population, so given that autism affects 2.2% of the population, the combination would have a prevalence in 0.027% of people

I think that's a number so low, that it's not worth discussing, given that a psychopath with full mental capacity would undoubtedly be more dangerous

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Re:An autistic man was surfing the internet on his dad’s sof... by prewett on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @09:58AM (#33706496)

I'm not sure that you can just multiply those probabilities (are they both uncorrelated? Can autistic people even become psychopathic?), but, 0.027% * 300 million people in the US = 81,000 hypothetical autistic psychopaths, which is over 1600 per state. That's plenty to worry about from an administrative (e.g. police) standpoint.

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Re:An autistic man was surfing the internet on his dad’s sof... by Scandiravian on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @01:25PM (#33709070)

Why would you be more worried about autism + psychopathy over a psychopath who doesn't suffer from a developmental disorder?

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