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All right, there was a companion program about men who really, really love their cars. Wonder what story the so-called experts will spin about that?
Some folks--breaking news--are just wired up differently, and it only becomes a problem when those around them mistreat them because of it, driving them further away. Erika is fortunate that she now has friends who support her, and whom she in turn can give support to. Her needs for human companionship can be filled that way, and so it's no biggie if she gets other emotional needs, or even physical ones, elsewhere--just so she isn't hurting anyone, which so far as I can tell she isn't.
I am asexual, and the thing I need from people is companionship and intellectual stimulation. I'm still a lone wolf and more into ideas [sometimes things]so some think I am strange, but if they aren't smart enough to accept me as I am they don't deserve the honor of my presence.
Not all of us fit neatly onto any sort of "autistic spectrum". That is a concept that has gotten stretched all out of shape before it even found a good use. I can only hope that as neurodiversity becomes more accepted, a lot of differences will no longer be considered disorders, and people with unusual vulnerabilities/needs will not only have those needs met but also be recognized to have unusual strengths.
As for what actually happens, I suspect there might be more going on than a simple temperature-equalization. A belief that there is some sort of energy (or "spirit") in everything is no sillier than a belief that some authority figure in the sky is watching our every move and ready to pounce--or that everything that goes on in anyone's mind can be simply reduced to the by-products of the mental modules of ancient apes. I really don't have the words to articulate what I believe, but I think we all could stand to have a little respect for what we don't happen to understand. There's no way we are going to "get" everything we encounter, however smart we are--it might have something to do with Godel, maybe--when I run into something that squicks me out and I can't quite say why, but it isn't an obvious danger, I just leave it alone. I still wouldn't mind if folks of every persuasion toned down the public displays of affection, but hey, we've all got 2 eyes that can shut and a neck that can turn.
Speaking of obvious danger, if abuse caused OS there'd be a lot more OS people around--and some OS-ers were not abused.
A necessary part of health is recognition and understanding of the diversity of minds as well as bodies.
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This is a different anonymous.
April 11, 2009 - 5:39amAll right, there was a companion program about men who really, really love their cars. Wonder what story the so-called experts will spin about that?
Some folks--breaking news--are just wired up differently, and it only becomes a problem when those around them mistreat them because of it, driving them further away. Erika is fortunate that she now has friends who support her, and whom she in turn can give support to. Her needs for human companionship can be filled that way, and so it's no biggie if she gets other emotional needs, or even physical ones, elsewhere--just so she isn't hurting anyone, which so far as I can tell she isn't.
I am asexual, and the thing I need from people is companionship and intellectual stimulation. I'm still a lone wolf and more into ideas [sometimes things]so some think I am strange, but if they aren't smart enough to accept me as I am they don't deserve the honor of my presence.
Not all of us fit neatly onto any sort of "autistic spectrum". That is a concept that has gotten stretched all out of shape before it even found a good use. I can only hope that as neurodiversity becomes more accepted, a lot of differences will no longer be considered disorders, and people with unusual vulnerabilities/needs will not only have those needs met but also be recognized to have unusual strengths.
As for what actually happens, I suspect there might be more going on than a simple temperature-equalization. A belief that there is some sort of energy (or "spirit") in everything is no sillier than a belief that some authority figure in the sky is watching our every move and ready to pounce--or that everything that goes on in anyone's mind can be simply reduced to the by-products of the mental modules of ancient apes. I really don't have the words to articulate what I believe, but I think we all could stand to have a little respect for what we don't happen to understand. There's no way we are going to "get" everything we encounter, however smart we are--it might have something to do with Godel, maybe--when I run into something that squicks me out and I can't quite say why, but it isn't an obvious danger, I just leave it alone. I still wouldn't mind if folks of every persuasion toned down the public displays of affection, but hey, we've all got 2 eyes that can shut and a neck that can turn.
Speaking of obvious danger, if abuse caused OS there'd be a lot more OS people around--and some OS-ers were not abused.
A necessary part of health is recognition and understanding of the diversity of minds as well as bodies.
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