> intellectually/logically aware of it Are we? Patterns are always inherently vague. The sequence '3,5,7,_' is a clear example, but even something clear-cut,

> intellectually/logically aware of it Are we? Patterns are always inherently vague. The sequence '3,5,7,_' is a clear example, but even something clear-cut, like '1,2,4,8,16,_' could end in any number; it's possible for it to be the sequence 'Joe's favorite numbers, by year', the next number being 3, as for it to be, say, powers of two. As such, it's possible that behavior others interpret as 'jerky' is an autistic person seeing pattern A in the data where everyone else sees pattern B.[1] >Does intentionality change anything? One would think so. If someone is unintentionally behaving like a jerk, that can be changed in theory by informing them, kindly, of that. If someone is intentionally behaving like a jerk, good luck with that. (Besides, if it doesn't, manslaughter and murder are indistinguishable, and one would think there is a difference between a carefully planned and calculated murder and you getting killed after a driver accidentally hits you.) [1] This idea stolen from a paper I read, "Living With Autism: Quus-ing in a Plus-ers World". The author uploaded a preprint to Dropbox, which sadly seems to be the only copy available if you don't subscribe to the journal Res Philosophica: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0skr5orj9l1ra4n4p85li/Living-with-Autism-Quus-ing-in-a-Plus-ers-World.pdf?rlkey=kzz3vxqy5cbixxpmox16hzyaj&e=2&dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0skr5orj9l1ra4n4p85li/Living-....