Autistic people are often criticised for “reading too much into things” and “assuming” the worst, but usually what we deduce is highly accurate, thanks to our pattern-spotting and dot-connecting abilities. I think the real issue is we typically unearth truths others want to remain hidden.
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@d1abe022 @de5cda1d It’s not even that we want to. It’s that we don’t have a choice about unearthing them, because they’re so bloody obvious to us, and it’s impossible to believe that other people don’t see it too.
@d1abe022 @de5cda1d I genuinely think this is our adaptive benefit to the species. Imagine, if all other things being equal (ie: no giant tech advantage) communities that valued and engaged with such detailed and through yet non-personal critiques would almost certainly out-compete groups that ignored such a valuable perspective.
I've seen a number of sources claim that people who would've been spiritual leaders in indigenous cultures often end up pathologised in western medicalism
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