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it's dumb, but in these situations I always think of the gpu vs software rendering in 3d graphics.. how much having dedicated hardware can do a crazy difference
by make3 9y ago
it's dumb, but in these situations I always think of the gpu vs software rendering in 3d graphics.. how much having dedicated hardware can do a crazy difference.. makes me wonder how much things would be different if we had dedicated brain hardware for other things
- Analemma_ 9y agoIt's not dumb at all IMO, this is actually my preferred metaphor for explaining autism, at least to people who are technically-minded. When your brain has "dedicated hardware" for some function, it's easy to miss just how difficult the underlying problem space actually is. Being social animals, we evolved a lot of autopilot functionality for processing social interactions, and if this isn't working, you have to do it "in software", and that's incredibly tricky.