In the opening scene of The Social Network, Jesse Eisenberg portrays a cold Mark Zuckerberg getting dumped by his girlfriend, who is exasperated by the future Facebook founder's socially oblivious and obsessive personality. Eisenberg's Zuckerberg is the stereotypical Silicon Valley geek — brilliant with technology, pathologically bereft of social graces. Or, in the parlance of the Valley: on the spectrum'. Few scientists think that the leaders of the tech world actually have an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), which can range from the profound social, language and behavioural problems that are characteristic of autistic disorder, to the milder Asperger's syndrome. But according to an idea that is creeping into the popular psyche, they and many others in professions such as science and engineering may display some of the characteristics of autism, and have an increased risk of having children with the full-blown disorder.
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机译：在《社交网络》（The Social Network）的开幕式中，杰西·艾森伯格（Jesse Eisenberg）描绘了一个冷酷的马克·扎克伯格（Mark Zuckerberg）被女友抛弃，而这位女友对这位未来的Facebook创始人在社会上忘却和痴迷的性格感到气愤。艾森伯格（Eisenberg）的扎克伯格（Zuckerberg）是刻板的硅谷怪胎-技术精湛，从病理学角度讲，却失去了社会风度。或者，以山谷的说法：在频谱上”。很少有科学家认为科技界的领导人实际上患有自闭症谱系障碍（ASD），其范围从自闭症所特有的深刻的社会，语言和行为问题，到温和的阿斯伯格综合症。但是，根据一种逐渐流行的思想，他们和许多其他科学和工程专业的人可能表现出自闭症的某些特征，并增加患全面性疾病儿童的风险。
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