Elon Musk says he is ‘first person with Asperger’s’ to host Saturday Night Live

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6 points·techlover14159··4 comments

Elon's performance on SNL went way above my expectations. So authentic. He really killed it, and I found him more human and more relatable than ever.

Umm, Dan Ackroyd?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Aykroyd says:

"Since childhood, [Dan] Aykroyd has struggled with symptoms of Tourette's syndrome and Asperger's syndrome."

"He became the second member of the original cast to host SNL in May 2003, when he appeared in the season finale."

A little bit further down he explains it's just a self-diagnosis. I think the implication is that Elon is formally diagnosed

Which means the fully qualified claim is something like: Musk is the first SNL host[1] with professional diagnosed[2] Asperger's syndrome to be public[3] about it.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Byrne self-diagnosed, musical guest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Humphries guest-star (as Dame Edna), diagnosed.

[2] Either Musk doesn't know about Aykroyd, or doesn't accept that someone might have Asperger's unless they have been professional diagnosed.

[3] Not everyone is public about all of their illnesses. What are the odds that a previous host has Asperger's but didn't think it was relevant to be public about?

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