Crosspost from: https://lemmy.world/post/2776711

While the main focus of the article is actually human perceptions of AI, it also delves into the perception of the majority of people regarding those who cannot communicate in a socially accepted way.

  • Deestan@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yes. Let’s look at R. Buckminster Fuller, certified brilliant architect and inventor who coined the term “tensegrity” among others:

    Fuller developed numerous inventions, mainly architectural designs, and popularized the widely known geodesic dome; carbon molecules known as fullerenes were later named by scientists for their structural and mathematical resemblance to geodesic spheres. He also served as the second World President of Mensa International from 1974 to 1983.

    His relationship with language? He spent a year (some sources say two) without talking, because he felt language imposed and restricted his thinking. Some excerpts from his Wikipedia page.

    Buckminster Fuller spoke and wrote in a unique style and said it was important to describe the world as accurately as possible. Fuller often created long run-on sentences and used unusual compound words (omniwell-informed, intertransformative, omni-interaccommodative, omniself-regenerative) as well as terms he himself invented.[94] His style of speech was characterized by progressively rapid and breathless delivery and rambling digressions of thought, which Fuller described as “thinking out loud”. The effect, combined with Fuller’s dry voice and non-rhotic New England accent, was varyingly considered “hypnotic” or “overwhelming”.

    and of course

    Fuller’s language posed problems for his credibility.