tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510682683427247658.post1031861199221373235..comments2023-10-23T03:27:56.661-04:00Comments on Autistic Aphorisms: ConspecificsAlan Griswoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09942081543800127341noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510682683427247658.post-35825771071253666022015-11-23T08:14:22.750-05:002015-11-23T08:14:22.750-05:00Doh, a couple of links went missing, and here'...Doh, a couple of links went missing, and here's some more..<br /><br /><a href="http://www.researchgate.net/publication/6454307_An_autistic_dimension" rel="nofollow">Why might it be continually increasing in prevalence in industrial societies?</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22173769" rel="nofollow">What impact does that have on the structure of the human brain?</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.neoteny.org/2009/02/06/introduction-to-the-theory-of-waves/" rel="nofollow">All of this has happened before</a>, <a href="https://youtu.be/-FjZkECTnQE?t=747" rel="nofollow">and all of it will happen again?</a><br /><br /><a href="https://nihilsentimentalgia09.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/unibomber-manifesto.pdf" rel="nofollow">Where do we go from here?</a><br />Somewhere <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_(TV_series)#Technology" rel="nofollow">like this</a>, <a href="http://cloudatlasanalysis.weebly.com/an-orison-of-sonmi-451.html" rel="nofollow">or this?</a>Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10112396507341720195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510682683427247658.post-64681158793584182442015-11-23T07:59:28.533-05:002015-11-23T07:59:28.533-05:00Well there's me, if you want a specific exampl...Well there's me, if you want a specific example..<br /><br />Here's a few links again..<br /><a href="http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Brain-Computing" rel="nofollow">How the neocotex models and categorises sensory and motor impressions, and creates predictions for future sensory and motor behaviours</a><br /><br /><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131231211347/http://www.forteantimes.com/features/commentary/5176/the_doubly_divided_self.html" rel="nofollow">Neanderthal introgression 50,000 years ago led to the explosion of advances in civilisation and technonolgy</a><br /><br /><a href="http://marshallbrain.com/geek.htm" rel="nofollow">What it's like to grow up so distanced from your peers</a><br /><a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html" rel="nofollow">Though it's often to your later benefit</a><br /><br /><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow">Why it might be increasing in prevalence?</a><br /><br /><a href="http://coolmaterial.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/doc-brown.jpg" rel="nofollow">Who do we choose to model our behaviour on instead?</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.teslasautobiography.com/my_early_life.html" rel="nofollow">What kinds of things can be achieved with a slightly unconventional neurology as a result of that distance?</a><br /><br /><a href="http://corruption-of-science.blogspot.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Why might a population containing too many of us be ultimately self-defeating?</a><br /><br />Do too many people creating too many complex models just create one <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/sep/18/beware-the-global-financial-crisis-part-iii" rel="nofollow">Big Whoops..?</a><br /><br />So there's me, who has 2.9% Neanderthal DNA, at least according to 23AndMe. <br />I come from a family of line of engineers and musicians, teachers, accountants, archaeologists and architects. <br />I'm way over the right hand side of <a href="https://sugarandslugs.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/fingers1.png?w=480&h=292" rel="nofollow">this graph</a>, if that means anything.<br />I developed very slowly and have yet to find a partner at over 30, and well, I don't have very conventional sexual instincts, so I might need a little medical help in that department, <a href="http://cheeseburgerbrown.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/gitchy-manitous-bang.html" rel="nofollow">like this guy</a>.<br /><br />My <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_neuron#Gender_differences" rel="nofollow">'mirror neurons'</a>, when they function, seem to want to make me mirror people with rather different chromosomes and body parts to me, which makes things kind of confusing and troubling around other people. It's very difficult to let yourself follow your in-built biological instincts when you know that doing so will only lead you into social difficulties.<br /><br />But that's just a little bit of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J1zN7PwPL8" rel="nofollow">someone else's story</a>Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10112396507341720195noreply@blogger.com