*Simon Baron-Cohen argues that, although classic autism is an incapacitating pathology, Asperger syndrome (not officially recognized until 1994) can extend right up to the borderline of normalcy. Indeed it may cross over the line. One study he performed with Cambridge students indicated that the engineers, mathematicians, physicists, and computer scientists among them had a greater number of AS-like traits—strong abilities in rule-based systems coupled with difficulty in empathizing—compared with their peers in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.