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my son, 11, has autism, and we have many fantastic conversations, he likes to ponder all kinds of things, especially hypothetical semi impossible things. He ea

my son, 11, has autism, and we have many fantastic conversations, he likes to ponder all kinds of things, especially hypothetical semi impossible things. He eats up Kurzgesagt, https://www.youtube.com/c/inanutshell https://www.youtube.com/c/inanutshell ( highly recommended ). He is very confused by social situations and spends a lot of time trying to work them out. He likes rules, and desperately wants to know the rules of social interactions with other kids. Today on our walk he was pondering what our experience would be like if we had eagle eyes and bats sonar navigation and whether can genetically modify ourselves to do so.

The_rationalist 5y ago
Eagle eyes are really cool because they can zoom.
snthpy 5y ago
Sounds just like my son. He's also on the spectrum, loves Kurzgesagt, and has a million "what would you do if ..." questions about hypothetical scenarios. He's 9.
cf141q5325 5y ago
With the vocabulary changing from asperger to general "autism spectrum disorder" its a bit of a guess on my part, but in case it gets worse for him during puberty and the shoe fits i can highly recommend Atwoods complete guide to asperger. You might not figure out how social interactions work, but how you work is an open book you just have to look at. In general, more selfreflection was a game changer for me, especially when it came to depression. Thinking about how being wrong would look like, especially despite you "knowing" to be right. So for example starting with a right conclusion but missing some shades of grey (or worse viewing it as black and white instead of a better and worse spectrum) leading you to drawing the wrong conclusions. So ego in form of cognitive biases and the traps they create, the limits of your brain and memory and all. The nice thing is, you can frame it as: at the end of the day, you do prefer being right over thinking you are right, right? After all, why would you willingly cling to a wrong conclusion? Meditation (see sam harris waking up for a rational take on the topic) is also very helpful with all the tunnel vision and stress. Because the former can come with its own problems. Once you spend more brain power on analyzing situations and problems you loose sight of the actual boring problem you wanted to solve. Which leaves you stuck at trivial tasks. Or you develop "solutions" that you cant keep going day in and out. edit: If he likes fantasy novels, he might want to check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Watch_(Lukyanenko_novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Watch_(Lukyanenko_novel) once he is older. Despite the light vs dark its not classical fantasy. You see, there are others among us who are able to see the shades of grey of reality and channel power from that. The movies are a waste of time.

The_rationalist 5y ago

Eagle eyes are really cool because they can zoom.

snthpy 5y ago

Sounds just like my son. He's also on the spectrum, loves Kurzgesagt, and has a million "what would you do if ..." questions about hypothetical scenarios. He's 9.

cf141q5325 5y ago

With the vocabulary changing from asperger to general "autism spectrum disorder" its a bit of a guess on my part, but in case it gets worse for him during puberty and the shoe fits i can highly recommend Atwoods complete guide to asperger. You might not figure out how social interactions work, but how you work is an open book you just have to look at. In general, more selfreflection was a game changer for me, especially when it came to depression. Thinking about how being wrong would look like, especially despite you "knowing" to be right. So for example starting with a right conclusion but missing some shades of grey (or worse viewing it as black and white instead of a better and worse spectrum) leading you to drawing the wrong conclusions. So ego in form of cognitive biases and the traps they create, the limits of your brain and memory and all. The nice thing is, you can frame it as: at the end of the day, you do prefer being right over thinking you are right, right? After all, why would you willingly cling to a wrong conclusion? Meditation (see sam harris waking up for a rational take on the topic) is also very helpful with all the tunnel vision and stress. Because the former can come with its own problems. Once you spend more brain power on analyzing situations and problems you loose sight of the actual boring problem you wanted to solve. Which leaves you stuck at trivial tasks. Or you develop "solutions" that you cant keep going day in and out. edit: If he likes fantasy novels, he might want to check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Watch_(Lukyanenko_novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Watch_(Lukyanenko_novel) once he is older. Despite the light vs dark its not classical fantasy. You see, there are others among us who are able to see the shades of grey of reality and channel power from that. The movies are a waste of time.