Editing Carolus Linnaeus (section)

=== Summary of Asperger Traits ===
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!'''Trait'''
!'''Linnaeus’s Manifestation'''
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|'''Monotropic focus'''
|Lifelong obsession with plant classification and naming
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|'''Visual-systemizing cognition'''
|Created rigid taxonomies; imposed internal logic on natural forms
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|'''Language formalism'''
|Wrote in diagrammatic Latin; repetitive and coded syntax
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|'''Pragmatic language difference'''
|Preferred correction over dialogue; often missed social cues
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|'''Cognitive rigidity'''
|Refused to revise flawed systems; resisted data that disrupted hierarchy
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|'''Selective sociality'''
|Few intimate friends; ritualized domestic structure
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|'''Affective flatness'''
|Lectures devoid of emotional modulation; cool demeanor
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|'''Religious literalism'''
|Faith expressed as cosmic hierarchy and symbolic clarity
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|'''Rule-based morality'''
|Embedded ethics in taxonomic order; saw classification as divine obedience
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|'''Sensory regulation'''
|Structured life through routine, gardening, and private study
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