> Are you clearly somewhere in the autistic spectrum? The "No True Scotsman" fallacy. > Primary and secondary school, church, family, these are ready-made, we

> Are you clearly somewhere in the autistic spectrum? The "No True Scotsman" fallacy. > Primary and secondary school, church, family, these are ready-made, we're ushered into. Yup, and for neurotypicals, belief is a function of loyalty. They believe (unconsciously) in order to demonstrate their allegiance to their clan (which is why you can't argue them out of a belief). The entire social fabric (and all institutions therein) is designed to reinforce your clan's code by telling you what to believe. Autistics don't work that way. When we believe, we actually do believe. So we need a different approach: pretending to believe in order to preserve our social standing (and thus, safety - because people only help you if they like you, and that usually requires congruent "beliefs").