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Humboldt's "Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent" is a completely fascinating read... here's this brilliant, neurodiv
by glup 7y ago
Humboldt's "Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent" is a completely fascinating read... here's this brilliant, neurodiverse individual doing everything he can to... find the headwaters of the Orinoco river, because obviously. The part about how to catch electric eels with a herd of horses is particularly inspired, unless you are a horse or an eel.
- pavel_lishin 7y ago> neurodiverse individual What does this mean?
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoIt usually means someone on the autism spectrum. People not on the spectrum are called "neurotypical".
- oh_sigh 7y agoIs there any evidence for that? He was clearly a polymath and Renaissance man, but he maintained dozens or hundreds of deep relationships with many people through out his life, and was well received by almost everyone he ever met. Maybe "neurodiverse" in this sense just means "genius"?
- dr_dshiv 7y agoHe describes the use of Ayahuasca in South America. While he doesn't claim to have tried it, he did come back with a unifying theory of everything...