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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Abandoning Asperger"s for ASD |
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Posted: 15 Aug 2023, 12:50 pm
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Weight Of Memory wrote: I think people should be classified on this subject in three categories ....
Providing those three categories does not mean they are isomorphic with reality (that they fit reality). Categories must be based on research and only research. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Abandoning Asperger"s for ASD |
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Posted: 15 Aug 2023, 12:43 pm
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skibum wrote: It just makes him a neurotypical with a brain injury.
How is someone with a brain injury neurotypical? Most people don't have brain injuries. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Abandoning Asperger"s for ASD |
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Posted: 15 Aug 2023, 12:41 pm
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| Basically because human diversity and neurodiversity are bimodal. I classify people by neurotype, and with a bimodal normal distribution of traits, it's most convenient to use atypical (autistic, neurodiverse) and typical (neurotypical). Neurodivergent has no place since it's not adapted to a bimod... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Abandoning Asperger"s for ASD |
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Posted: 15 Aug 2023, 12:58 am
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| I'm not a supporter of the neurodiversity movement anymore, and I certainly don't agree with that claim. From my perspective, NDs need to learn how to cope with their differences, how to function among NTs, and how to build their own networks and groups with their own preferences at the center. The... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What are tankies? (why are they like that?) |
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Posted: 09 Aug 2023, 6:31 pm
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| Read what I said again: Personally, I would say the apologia for regimes like Putin comes from both a mixture of traditional left and authoritarian right blocs . I said some of Putin's western supporters are part of the traditional left. That's not at all synonymous with what you're claiming I've s... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Could neo-paganism be the new ‘religion’ of America? |
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Posted: 09 Aug 2023, 6:23 pm
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| Like I said though I think the trend will follow individuality, ie. cultural individualism goes up - neopaganism will as well as new age will go up, individualism goes down - more return to more traditional religions or perhaps further codification of neopagan and Hermetic concepts into some kind o... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Abandoning Asperger"s for ASD |
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Posted: 09 Aug 2023, 6:16 pm
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| I generally share the same views as you on autism and ND I think the main block on genetic therapy is off target mutations. Changing one ends mutating others non faulty to faulty. They are spending a lot of money & resources trying to resolve this, we have to look at all this from the perspecti... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Abandoning Asperger"s for ASD |
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Posted: 09 Aug 2023, 6:14 pm
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skibum wrote: If someone had "cured" me of Autism while I was in the womb, I would have never ever forgiven them .
You wouldn't know any different. You would simply be the person that you were. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Abandoning Asperger"s for ASD |
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Posted: 09 Aug 2023, 6:13 pm
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| I don't think the neurodiversity movement claims that autistic problems stem from bullying or lack of accommodation. That would be a bizarre claim. It's more like they claim that autistic preferences are innate and should be accepted as human diversity. I don't think cures will be available that ch... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Abandoning Asperger"s for ASD |
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Posted: 09 Aug 2023, 12:28 am
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| It makes particularly little sense in this case as the technology available to settle the matter more conclusively has been developing at a rapid clip and in a lot of cases it's possible to identify what portions of the brain are firing, or not, in response to various situations. Waiting for the ne... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Could neo-paganism be the new ‘religion’ of America? |
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Posted: 07 Aug 2023, 7:39 pm
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| I think that is unlikely. The dominance of a new religion tends to follow a precedent. There is no precedent for neopaganism or Wicca anywhere in the world. Wicca, from which neopaganism is mostly derived, was a 20ᵗʰ-century invention. There is no connection to some old religion for which women died... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What are tankies? (why are they like that?) |
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Posted: 07 Aug 2023, 6:04 pm
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| Read what I said again: Personally, I would say the apologia for regimes like Putin comes from both a mixture of traditional left and authoritarian right blocs . I said some of Putin's western supporters are part of the traditional left. That's not at all synonymous with what you're claiming I've s... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What are tankies? (why are they like that?) |
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Posted: 07 Aug 2023, 12:18 pm
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funeralxempire wrote: When was it ever suggested that Putin is a communist? 
You associated Putin with the traditional left. Fascism is the traditional (or, more precisely, traditionalist) right. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Abandoning Asperger"s for ASD |
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Posted: 07 Aug 2023, 12:15 pm
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| So, to suggest that I'm ignoring research that I disagree with is just plain ignorant. The issue here is that there hasn't been much research conducted and what little there has been has been ignored for political reasons. So, we get tossed under the bus, because of a fictitious concern about overt... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: You may be a Communist if . . . |
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Posted: 07 Aug 2023, 12:09 pm
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Nades wrote: Both are personal.
I was giving you the distinction made in Marxism. I have no objection to lottery winnings (for anyone naive enough to buy a lottery ticket). I do object to capitalism. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What are tankies? (why are they like that?) |
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Posted: 06 Aug 2023, 4:04 pm
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| Personally, I would say the apologia for regimes like Putin comes from both a mixture of traditional left and authoritarian right blocs. Putin is a fascist, not a communist. He favorite philosopher is the Russian fascist Ivan Ilyin. https://duclarion.com/2022/04/how-understanding-philosopher-ivan-i... |
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