This news report is about a boy with autism that Microsoft labeled a cheater because he repeatedly beat its online games in 3-4 days. This story reminded me of an excerpt from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. In this section Christopher describes his similarities with Sherlock Holmes:
"I like Sherlock Holmes. He is very intelligent and he solves the mystery and he says
The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.
But he notices them, like I do. Also it says in the book
Sherlock Holmes had, in a very remarkable degree, the power of detaching his mind at will.
And this is like me, too, because if I get really interested in something I don't notice anything else and Father can be calling me to come and eat my supper and I won't hear him" (p. 73).
Instead of being a cheater, maybe this boy just had the ability to observe obvious details and concentrate with no distractions.
The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.
But he notices them, like I do. Also it says in the book
Sherlock Holmes had, in a very remarkable degree, the power of detaching his mind at will.
And this is like me, too, because if I get really interested in something I don't notice anything else and Father can be calling me to come and eat my supper and I won't hear him" (p. 73).
Instead of being a cheater, maybe this boy just had the ability to observe obvious details and concentrate with no distractions.
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