Recent content by the_real_seebs

Ironically enough, because the innate "social skills" include a great deal of "disregard direct observations in favor of how you know things are supposed to work".

This is pretty solid advice. One of the variants of this I often see in arguments that have gotten tense is that people who don't like a question will assert that it was asked in bad faith, and refuse to answer it. And I've found that this invariably derails things with hurt feelings and...

Nah. I've seen dozens of very productive, friendly, and informative public discussions of autism. If you're only seeing unproductive discussions of the topic, perhaps that's to do with the one thing all those discussions have in common? Here, again, you contradict yourself. You've stated...

No, used with what you actually said, it works quite well. You've asserted that other people's opinions are invalid because they are autistic. If you're autistic, your opinions are invalid also by that logic. I think what you've established here, fairly convincingly, is that you in particular...

A way of describing it I've never run into before, and used without preamble or introduction, a very strange thing. I'm really unclear on why you think this describes other people, but definitely not yourself. You have absolutely contradicted yourself. You have asserted knowledge of...

Hmm. Okay, so let's say an independent observer comes along, and sees you posting, and sees me posting. And I say you are angry and are ignoring everything I say, and you say I am angry and am ignoring everything you say. Is there any way they could determine which of these claims is more...

That's an interesting theory. You are positing a system wherein there are phases of progression; do you have evidence for this? Do you have evidence that yours is the last phase, or at least later than mine? This claim is inconsistent with the current state of research in the field. There's...

This is a counter that has been previously advanced, and already rebutted. Do you really think that preventing people from being born, or preventing them from having a given trait, changes things much? Yes, no individual person is shot, but extinction is extinction. You are advocating the...

Yeah. As with a lot of cognitive traits, a diverse population is much more effective than a monoculture.

One of the big realizations is that a lot of what people pick up from those cues isn't reliable. So I've learned gradually to watch for signs that non-autistics are misreading non-verbal cues, so I can point out that they missed a thing, because this helps reduce drama. I think the important...

I'm now pondering. If insanelich really is autistic, then: 1. By his own arguments, he's unaware of his own emotions (so all his claims about whether or not he is emotional are irrelevant; he wouldn't know). 2. He's never learned anything about autism "from autism sufferers", but that means...

I would consider "soft eugenics" to still be meaningfully "killing people off". Extinction is extinction, it doesn't matter how violently or peacefully individuals die.

Well, you are, by definition, genocidal. Also, your posts strongly imply that you are neurotypical, and if you are indeed autistic, your position is self-contradictory; no one should be listening to you, by your own argument, which asserts that autistic people shouldn't be listened to. If...

So experiences count only if they agree with you? That's fascinating. I didn't realize that autistics were required to all have exactly the same experiences. I mean, I know lots of people who have very different experiences. I also know that some of the people who once felt that way stopped...

It isn't for me. I recognize that some people might want a cure, but "wipe autism off the face of the Earth" means I don't get a chance to exist either. I also think you're massively underestimating the harm to society of losing the autistic population.