As per the volatility necessary for survival in cro-magnum times, an autistic recently committed one of the most extreme acts of violence..suggesting autistics can shut off their empathy more extremely than normally possible. Even rodents with autism have displayed superior skills to non-autistic rodents in lab tests.
But that is an unnecessary addendum because modern times do not necessitate primal or animal-like behaviors and skills in modern society, so I will not link unless by request.
__________________ "Compounding these trickster aspects, the Joker ethos is verbally explicated as such by his psychiatrist, who describes his madness as "super-sanity." Where "sanity" previously suggested acquiescence with cultural codes, the addition of "super" implies that this common "sanity" has been replaced by a superior form, in which perception and processing are completely ungoverned and unconstrained"
Last edited by KillaKassara on May 8th, 2013 at 02:10 AM
c'mon ddm, you know why this is nonsense without me talking about autism
EDIT: please note, Dolos thinks that a learning disability he has, which is so non-pervasive he is able to use the internet apparently unassisted and discuss philosophy while being involved in regular education, is akin to autism and he can use this "savant syndrome" to learn anything instantly, akin to a super power. Again, you shouldn't need me to pick this apart at every possible level.
Not adaptive, random. And that's not the question, that's the matter of fact. The question is could it be beneficial?
__________________ "Compounding these trickster aspects, the Joker ethos is verbally explicated as such by his psychiatrist, who describes his madness as "super-sanity." Where "sanity" previously suggested acquiescence with cultural codes, the addition of "super" implies that this common "sanity" has been replaced by a superior form, in which perception and processing are completely ungoverned and unconstrained"
__________________ "Compounding these trickster aspects, the Joker ethos is verbally explicated as such by his psychiatrist, who describes his madness as "super-sanity." Where "sanity" previously suggested acquiescence with cultural codes, the addition of "super" implies that this common "sanity" has been replaced by a superior form, in which perception and processing are completely ungoverned and unconstrained"
You don't think it has any elements within it that could be advantageous? If you removed the disadvantages?
__________________ "Compounding these trickster aspects, the Joker ethos is verbally explicated as such by his psychiatrist, who describes his madness as "super-sanity." Where "sanity" previously suggested acquiescence with cultural codes, the addition of "super" implies that this common "sanity" has been replaced by a superior form, in which perception and processing are completely ungoverned and unconstrained"
Why is that so terrible if I do? That's why we discuss ideas.
No reason to start in on me.
__________________ "Compounding these trickster aspects, the Joker ethos is verbally explicated as such by his psychiatrist, who describes his madness as "super-sanity." Where "sanity" previously suggested acquiescence with cultural codes, the addition of "super" implies that this common "sanity" has been replaced by a superior form, in which perception and processing are completely ungoverned and unconstrained"
I honestly thought you were saying you were not going to touch it for completely different reasons.
Edit: Also, we would need probably 40,000 more years to see if some forms of autism were a successful evolutionary adaptation. Is that what you were getting at, above?
I never admitted to having autism either. I admitted to having a learning impairment, which doesn't necessitate autism exclusively.
That's a speculation you're presenting as fact. Regardless of what the facts are, your opinions on this matter seem emotionally driven.
__________________ "Compounding these trickster aspects, the Joker ethos is verbally explicated as such by his psychiatrist, who describes his madness as "super-sanity." Where "sanity" previously suggested acquiescence with cultural codes, the addition of "super" implies that this common "sanity" has been replaced by a superior form, in which perception and processing are completely ungoverned and unconstrained"
It's a chemical abnormality in the brain. That is a random thing, or it could be the result of something else, because it is a common disorder, very frequently diagnosed as opposed to when specialists lacked the knowledge they have today.
__________________ "Compounding these trickster aspects, the Joker ethos is verbally explicated as such by his psychiatrist, who describes his madness as "super-sanity." Where "sanity" previously suggested acquiescence with cultural codes, the addition of "super" implies that this common "sanity" has been replaced by a superior form, in which perception and processing are completely ungoverned and unconstrained"
Last edited by KillaKassara on May 8th, 2013 at 02:30 AM
How much have you studied autism? Specifically high-functioning Asperger's syndrome.
The empirical test cited in three of the articles I posted does make a strong case toward at least one learning advantage related to savantism, that and the existence of Jake Barnett.
__________________ "Compounding these trickster aspects, the Joker ethos is verbally explicated as such by his psychiatrist, who describes his madness as "super-sanity." Where "sanity" previously suggested acquiescence with cultural codes, the addition of "super" implies that this common "sanity" has been replaced by a superior form, in which perception and processing are completely ungoverned and unconstrained"
Why would someone alter the text and subsequent point of another's post?
__________________ "Compounding these trickster aspects, the Joker ethos is verbally explicated as such by his psychiatrist, who describes his madness as "super-sanity." Where "sanity" previously suggested acquiescence with cultural codes, the addition of "super" implies that this common "sanity" has been replaced by a superior form, in which perception and processing are completely ungoverned and unconstrained"
There are just too many kinds and severities of autism for me to weigh in on the topic with any sort of certainty. Also...the whole future thing being necessary despite the "predictive qualities of science."
Is DSM V out yet?
Edit - Google searched. Not out till later this month. How is autism going to be "done up" in DSM V? Aren' "they" moving to a sliding scale and collapsing it all into one label of autism?
And, lol @ the self-diagnosed "I have aspergers" people. I'm pretty sure that label is going away.