I think you need to read the book again, Shelley goes into great detail on how the monster survived and ate, although your points on the experiment are true.

I think the underlying problem is that diagnosing autism (among other mental disorders) isn't as easy as checking an insulin level or blood pressure. Things are not black and white when it comes to the human mind.

Judging from practically every computer with a body in front of it at my local community college, these are the only 2 reasons to even have a computer.

I prefer this chessboxing video