do you feel the same as a autistic person?

[dadko20]

i remmember the days when i used to do it my own way because i didnt understand the world that much, now people perhaps thought i was making it harder for myself but in reality i was solving a problem, just in a different way, both normal peoples way is fine and autistic persons problem solving is fine, it works both of them it works, but in a different way.

 

[Neonatal RRT]

I have been doing some reading on this very topic... from a neurodevelopmental perspective... small children vs. adults specifically.

Analogy: Small children have a "lantern" type of intelligence and adults have a "spotlight" intelligence. As small children, when their physical world is new to them, they are playfully experimenting, exploring, willing to accept ALL possible ways of approaching a problem and learning. Adults, having gone through that process, will have narrowed down their problem solving to the most obvious, simple, approach. On one hand, adults become very efficient at solving simple problems... and it works most of the time... it's efficient, but highly filtered. On the other hand, children are often better at solving complex problems than adults because their intelligence is far more open to playfully experimenting and exploring ALL possibilities... less efficient, but significantly less filtered.

Analogy: AI... machine learning is much like this, as well. The reason for all of these mega-sized data centers is that, right now, AI is still a "child". It is playfully experimenting, exploring, and will accept ALL possible ways of problem solving. It takes a lot of energy for all that compute. As it matures, it becomes more efficient, narrows down to the most likely solution rather quickly... less energy.

So... a couple of thoughts regarding this. (1) IF you are neurodivergent enough, creative enough, willing to take deep dives into topics... like a child learns... you are more likely to be a good problem solver... especially complex, less obvious ones. (2) I also have learned that when we are in a mental state where we are highly focused upon ourselves, depressed, ruminating, sad, anxious... that area of the brain shuts down our creative side of our brain. It's the reason why when you get angry and frustrated, you can't solve the problem you are angry and frustrated about.. Conversely, when we are in a creative, playful, exploring state of mind... that area of the brain shuts down "the self"... and we are most content and happy... not a care in the world. Love it... just not thinking of me. It may be an underlying self-regulatory mechanism of why many of us have strong special interests... when we are participating in those activities, it shuts down "the self"... and inhibits depression and rumination, etc.

The life-hack, if you will, would be to find some balance in one's life where we make time for playful exploration of our world... learning by doing and experiencing. This will keep that creative, childlike, "lantern" intelligence and problem solving part of our brains active. It's good to have that well-learned wisdom and can operate with simple and efficient problem solving... but on the other hand, it can be TOO filtered and TOO closed off to the point where it is a handicap to living well. Again... not one or the other... but both.

 

[Gerald Wilgus]

I have been doing some reading on this very topic... from a neurodevelopmental perspective... small children vs. adults specifically.

Analogy: Small children have a "lantern" type of intelligence and adults have a "spotlight" intelligence. As small children, when their physical world is new to them, they are playfully experimenting, exploring, willing to accept ALL possible ways of approaching a problem and learning. Adults, having gone through that process, will have narrowed down their problem solving to the most obvious, simple, approach. On one hand, adults become very efficient at solving simple problems... and it works most of the time... it's efficient, but highly filtered. On the other hand, children are often better at solving complex problems than adults because their intelligence is far more open to playfully experimenting and exploring ALL possibilities... less efficient, but significantly less filtered.

Analogy: AI... machine learning is much like this, as well. The reason for all of these mega-sized data centers is that, right now, AI is still a "child". It is playfully experimenting, exploring, and will accept ALL possible ways of problem solving. It takes a lot of energy for all that compute. As it matures, it becomes more efficient, narrows down to the most likely solution rather quickly... less energy.

So... a couple of thoughts regarding this. (1) IF you are neurodivergent enough, creative enough, willing to take deep dives into topics... like a child learns... you are more likely to be a good problem solver... especially complex, less obvious ones. (2) I also have learned that when we are in a mental state where we are highly focused upon ourselves, depressed, ruminating, sad, anxious... that area of the brain shuts down our creative side of our brain. It's the reason why when you get angry and frustrated, you can't solve the problem you are angry and frustrated about.. Conversely, when we are in a creative, playful, exploring state of mind... that area of the brain shuts down "the self"... and we are most content and happy... not a care in the world. Love it... just not thinking of me. It may be an underlying self-regulatory mechanism of why many of us have strong special interests... when we are participating in those activities, it shuts down "the self"... and inhibits depression and rumination, etc.

The life-hack, if you will, would be to find some balance in one's life where we make time for playful exploration of our world... learning by doing and experiencing. This will keep that creative, childlike, "lantern" intelligence and problem solving part of our brains active. It's good to have that well-learned wisdom and can operate with simple and efficient problem solving... but on the other hand, it can be TOO filtered and TOO closed off to the point where it is a handicap to living well. Again... not one or the other... but both.

I enjoy that at my age I could continue to learn new stuff. At 75 I am just learning lapidary arts and the attention to detail that I bring to canoe building is transferable. I'll die before I'm done learning.