Yes, Aspergers. From what I know, the condition makes it harder to empathize with others. It also makes it hard to understand emotions, in general. I think, actually, that what TKS has said here illustrates the condition fairly well, from what I know (which isn’t much).
It is for me, another example of how chemistry actually not just influences, but determines what we think. The genes that TKS was born with are expressed in such a way that wherever the locus of empathy is in the brain, that is not very active in his brain.
It seems like he doesn’t take things personally. So, for example, I’m talking about him right in front of him, and that probably doesn’t bother him. It’s just kind of interesting.
Because he doesn’t feel as most people do, he is able to dispassionately look at other people’s behavior and emotions, and can be very good at interpreting them, sort of like literary interpretation.
In addition, most people with Aspergers seem to have one particular interest or skill that they are very good at. To take a stab at TKS, whom I hardly know, but I love guessing games, I’d say his skill has to do with expression of ideas or abstract concepts. I could be wrong, of course.
My cousin and his son have Aspergers (a very mild case for my cousin; much more serious for his son). He once asked me if there was any evidence of it in my branch of the family. I didn’t know of any at the time. Now I wonder.