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Recent content by darangal

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    Empathy, Intuitive Conformance, and Socialization Motivation on the Spectrum.

    Can you elaborate?
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    Empathy, Intuitive Conformance, and Socialization Motivation on the Spectrum.

    Empathy is emotional connection through the exercise of imagining the perspective of the other person. This act does not discriminate between people or animals. What I was saying in the OP is that autism can play a detrimental role in one's aptitude for empathizing period, I believe is does for...
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    Empathy, Intuitive Conformance, and Socialization Motivation on the Spectrum.

    It can be. I don't want to do the research at the moment. I absolutely love writing. I reaaaaaally do, and I have a lot of interest on the topic of social dynamics because I get a ton of social anxiety. PS - I take any opportunity to exercise my brain in areas I am passionate about, I don't...
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    Why is "high intellect" associated with Asperger's?

    I work with dozens of engineers at work and the more intellectual someone is the less likely they seem to be to engage with others socially. I had a genius classmate (IQ 140) and he was a prick, a giant bully, and a narcissist. Intellectuals don't need to be emotionally developed to be...
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    Empathy, Intuitive Conformance, and Socialization Motivation on the Spectrum.

    The topics of empathy, the instinct to conform in society, and the motivation to engage in social activity are the three aspects of functioning in social setting and connecting with other people on a fundamental level that challenge me the most personally. I also attribute these three aspects to...
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    Do you agree that Technology is going too far?

    There's nothing unethical about technology. I have the same opinion on drugs and guns. I don't blame the instrument of destruction of detriment. Those who bear responsibility for damage to self or society are those who chose to use an instrument, be it a robot, bomb, or bag of drugs. This idea...
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    How to be Likeable.

    I don't like the idea of likeable here. Everyone is likeable. Isn't the whole point of being likeable to be charismatic and charming? Being authentic, reading situations, reading people, and responding appropriately can all be part of it unless you're a psychopath in which case scratch the...
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    Came here after a tik tok video

    I was diagnosed around 4 or 11, 30 now, with Aspergers syndrome before the DSM did their Autism Spectrum thing. I honestly don't know because I actively block out information about my diagnosis and how I function in the world. I constantly deny, pretend, or forget that I have the diagnosis or...
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