“I’ve hated this show since it came out especially because it celebrates the kind of immature, incompetent manchild disproportionately drawn to academia. “

Sheldon isn’t autistic and was never supposed to be autistic. He’s the way he is because his family (super religious where living is about faith and emotions without thought) never supported his interest in science. At the same time, he looked up to the Star Trek character Spock who emphasized the scientific method…