tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post4885386485212661605..comments2024-03-28T09:41:15.454-05:00Comments on Deric's MindBlog: Enhanced logical consistency in autism.Deric Bowndshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16617204535017208765noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-5003277900998274492008-11-11T13:36:00.000-06:002008-11-11T13:36:00.000-06:00(Ah! I get it, Open Access=Free to View, rather th...(Ah! I get it, Open Access=Free to View, rather than Open Access=Not Peer Reviewed)<BR/><BR/>But anyway, I can't help but feel that the framing of this study, like so much autism research is from a uncompromising viewpoint of 'autism as pathology'.<BR/><BR/>It wouldn't take a Marxist to reformulate much of the article in more neutral 'autism as difference' terms.<BR/><BR/>The authors without a doubt feel that this particular strength of an autistic thinker, is a weakness - which indeed it is in a purely social context.<BR/><BR/>However, firstly, we creatures of the polis and each of us have an individual contribution to make towards the survival of our state.<BR/><BR/>Not everyone is expected to be a doctor, or professor. Not everyone is expected to be an engineer or incorruptible cynic.<BR/><BR/>Secondly, in evolutionary terms, a cool detached thinker, may well have significant advantages in out witting a predatory sabre-tooth tiger, while our more socially minded companions are pre-occupied with a blind, emotional fear response.<BR/><BR/>Autistic features are not confined to those of us who are 'diagnosed' by a set of, what to my mind are, fairly arbitrary criteria.<BR/><BR/>The autistic phenotype exists fragmented throughout our species.<BR/><BR/>This wholly pathological attitude to autism, and the consequential drive to pin-down its genetic origin, seemingly for the purpose of extirpating the 'faulty' genes may well have dramatic, adverse effects on the overall health of the human mind. (cf Golgafrinchens)Socrateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12525104555859213125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-69204478196509352532008-11-11T09:26:00.000-06:002008-11-11T09:26:00.000-06:00Sound cool but an Open Access Journal?!I'll go thr...Sound cool but an Open Access Journal?!<BR/><BR/>I'll go through it in more detail when I've time...Socrateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12525104555859213125noreply@blogger.com