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Recent content by John M

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    The Invention of Lying

    I would suggest that there is a hard cap on how many resources the human brain can consume. It's typically pulling something like 25% of the blood and the associated resources it brings to bear. I dont' recall where I read that and I'm not going to look for it but it sounds about right. So...
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    Jam band thread.

    Its been a while since I smoked. I think the last time was back in 1994 but if I still did these are the kinds of things I think I'd be listening too (and occasionally I listen to them anyway regardless of my mental state)...
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    Who likes to bake? Cupcakes? Fudge?

    I used to be very good at baking bread. I'm way out of practice though and haven't seriously practiced the art of baking for a good 12-13 years. I think I fell in love with it for a time because my mother was absolutely terrible at expressing love. She was unable to verbalize it or express...
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    Dreams

    My perception is that a recurring dream is the unconscious minds ways of saying, "I can't dumb down what I'm trying to communicate anymore than I already have. You'll just have to figure this out." My experience is that the unconscious likes music and if it has the chance will try to...
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    Dr Edward Hall says autism equals shamanism

    My perception is that the evolutionary path the human brain has taken began with our brains possessing something akin to edict memory, a very limited ability to perceive the environment as separate from itself and difficulty viewing time as linear. As our brains evolved and hyper-specialized in...
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    Socialization

    I don't disagree with you that socialization for humans is weird but think of socialization as the rules of conduct for humans. There are plenty of humans that look for ways to not follow the rules but there are also many that try to follow them. When the humans that folow the rules figure out...
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    Dr Edward Hall says autism equals shamanism

    Intuition is knowing a thing without understanding how you know it.
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    I’m not very good at sharing.

    There's very little all people with autism have in common but the one thing we do have in common and that is the inability to self-identify with a social group. I've mentioned this many times and I still stand by it. Identifying individuals who try to formulate a persona is a good way to...
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    I’m not very good at sharing.

    It seems like a good spot to me. One thing I've never seen an aspie do on the forums is attempt to build a personna on them. So, I would add to the link that I provided. The con-artist will attempt to build an online personna. I've read lots and lots of aspie posts. We never do that.
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    I’m not very good at sharing.

    Some food for thought... Want to Spot Con Artists and Avoid Their Scams? A Harvard Psychologist Says to Look for These Traits Sometimes it's best not to share. For example, I'd suggest never sharing money with someone on these forums as we have a reputation for being easy marks and a...
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    When special interests are your only reason for living

    Have you considered volunteering at an animal shelter? Usually people that volunteer tend to care more. You may meet people who are more supportive of your efforts who also have subject area knowledge that's beneficial.
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    When special interests are your only reason for living

    I appreciate that being a vet is your passion. Sometimes to get from A to B is an indirect route though. To be a vet you may have to first be less than a vet. Sometimes we have to use whatever stepping stones are available to get us from where we are to where we want to be. Please don't be...
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    Is psychiatry and neurology being 2 separate disciplines good?

    Thank you Crossbreed. I'm not familiar with Uto Frith but I'll review her work.
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    Cognitive empathy/theory of mind

    Yes, my job helped me to use an institutional approach. I may not be at a high level of government but I'm still government. When one works in government for a time one develops a kind of clandestine knowledge. Usually, people use this knowledge as a way to 'cash in'. I used it as a way to...
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    Is psychiatry and neurology being 2 separate disciplines good?

    My perception is that ASD can only be treated effectively if we understand how the human brain partitions itself. I think everyone with autism, regardless of where they are on the spectrum has one thing in common, the inability to self-identify as part of a social group in the way an NT does...
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