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What possible advantage is there to having any form of autism?
by dymk 7y ago
What possible advantage is there to having any form of autism?
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- miguelrochefort 7y agoIsn't there a correlation between Asperger's and high IQ?
- dymk 7y agoDoes that translate at all to general life satisfaction?
- thelasthuman 7y agoIsn't having a satisfying life subjective?
- dymk 7y agoYes, but that doesn’t mean we can’t measure subjective enjoyment, and associate higher subjective enjoyment with certain life circumstances.
- anoncake 7y agoAFAIK that's just because an Aspergers diagnosis requires an IQ>70.
- earenndil 7y agoGreater general logical reasoning ability. Also, many people with ASD resent 'NTs' ((N)euro(T)ypical people), and view their existence with—not animosity, but as something they would not like for themselves.
- dymk 7y agoSounds like sour grapes more than anything, honestly
- thg 7y agoSpeaking only for myself: Logical thinking is really easy for me. Also abstracting, pattern matching, "out-of-the-box" thinking.. Loyalty, honesty and helpfulness are also positive traits common among autistic people. Having a unique worldview certainly is helpful in some situations. However it also makes other situations, especially pertaining to social interactions with strangers, rather challenging at times..