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I said that if everyone is neurodivergent, then no one is. Same with IQ, if everyone is 150IQ, then everyone is still 100IQ, as per the definition, so "normal"

by XCSme 1mo ago

I said that if everyone is neurodivergent, then no one is. Same with IQ, if everyone is 150IQ, then everyone is still 100IQ, as per the definition, so "normal". Divergence can only be mentioned when talking a base value to diverge from. What if neurotypicals are actually the neurodivergent ones?

hoppp 1mo ago
Typicals are the neurotype that reproduces fastest, that's it.
- inigyou 1mo ago
  What about psychopaths?
  - hoppp 1mo ago
    Psychopath is not considered a neurotype
    - inigyou 1mo ago
      Why not? It obviously is one.
      - hoppp 1mo ago
        In some form yes, but a psychopath can be also autistic, dyslexic or neurotypical but psychopathy by itself is not considered a neurotype.
coldtea 1mo ago
>What if neurotypicals are actually the neurodivergent ones? That would need them to be the minority, which they are not. Same way sight is not the special case, blindness is.
- XCSme 1mo ago
  But that's the thing, sight and blind can be easily defined. "Autism" can't, most of the people live undiagnosed, many mask the symptoms unknowingly, specialists can't even tell exactly if someone is autistic or not, many people are misdiagnosed, or diagnosed as neurotypical by some specialists and neurodivergent by others. I don't think the ratio is that far towards neurotypicals as it was previously believed. I think that, as most things in life, it's a gaussian distribution.