Aspie_Chav wrote:
Ok we need to address this in a scientific way, like how Aspies like to do. We are a science oriented people.
An unfortunate stereotype. Sorry to see someone actually buys into it. There's nothing wrong with science or with people who are into science, both of which I have an immense amount of respect for, but to say that
an entire group of people who were born a certain way are scientific is stretching it, and stretching it too far.
Aspie_Chav wrote:
Politics and Religion are the domains of NT, lying cheating, manipulating conquering are a trait needed to succeed in these fields, while those would be weaknesses in the domain of science.
Well, if you'd spent more time than you have on this site's forums or chatrooms, you'd know that that's not true. Just as many aspies are interested in those fields as in science.
I feel that you're disrespecting those areas of interest. Yes, those are "lying, cheating, manipulating, conquering" areas in a lot of ways, but to lie, cheat, manipulate, and conquer, you need even greater levels of intelligence than you do with science, the basis of which is already written out. With politics, you have to puzzle out how things work on your own, figure out what goes where, how, and why. A lot of times when one is afraid to think about power, in the case of politics, or spiritual forces, in the case of religion, it implies that said person is afraid of ideas that are outside of the box. And, that, quite frankly, is
not a constructive attitude.
As for your complaints about "conquering", aren't you a bit of a hypocrite in that regard, trying to enforce a prejudiced, dualistic dogma that, quite frankly, needs a bit of polishing in order to actually be convincing? [/i]
20 Feb 2006, 11:58 am
