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No, the core difference is the level of abstraction, and the inability to communicate between people with different levels of abstraction. The opposite of auti

No, the core difference is the level of abstraction, and the inability to communicate between people with different levels of abstraction. The opposite of autism is schizophrenia, where abstract thinking fails completely, and the person is unable to find correct answers to everyday problems. Neurotypicality is merely a socially acceptable level of schizophrenia. Autism results when the level of abstraction is significantly higher than the surrounding society: You can't automatically understand the concrete speech, and you especially can't understand the "implications" that rely on the concrete magical thinking. People can't understand you, because their level of abstraction isn't sufficient to understand the actual meaning, so they assume you talk about something random. People overread the gaze of more abstract thinkers, and underread the gaze of less abstract thinkers, due to the difference in the field of view. Compare Taylor Swift (ultra concrete, easily understood by neurotypical people) vs Rihanna (very abstract)

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orthoxerox 1y ago
> The opposite of autism is schizophrenia, where abstract thinking fails completely, and the person is unable to find correct answers to everyday problems. I've heard this one before, but expressed in causal fallacy terms. Correlation doesn't imply causation, but it's often right to assume a causal relationship even though you are unaware of the underlying mechanism. If your criteria for assuming causality are too lax, you are schizophrenic (seeing relationships that aren't there), if they are too strict, you are autistic (missing the obvious).
- accidentallfact 1y ago
  This is correct, except the last paragraph. Indeed, corellation equals causation for the schizophrenic. Which is why you often don't get neurotypical people - when they say A, they often mean to imply B, because they correlate. You are not too strict when you're autistic, you simply hallucinate less.

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orthoxerox 1y ago

> The opposite of autism is schizophrenia, where abstract thinking fails completely, and the person is unable to find correct answers to everyday problems. I've heard this one before, but expressed in causal fallacy terms. Correlation doesn't imply causation, but it's often right to assume a causal relationship even though you are unaware of the underlying mechanism. If your criteria for assuming causality are too lax, you are schizophrenic (seeing relationships that aren't there), if they are too strict, you are autistic (missing the obvious).

accidentallfact 1y ago
This is correct, except the last paragraph. Indeed, corellation equals causation for the schizophrenic. Which is why you often don't get neurotypical people - when they say A, they often mean to imply B, because they correlate. You are not too strict when you're autistic, you simply hallucinate less.