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Hate the saying"Were all a bit autistic"

Kenny_1622

Some people who arent austitic in work say "we're all a bit autistic arent we" and the only difference between you and me is you have a diagnosis. Really makes me angry as they think just because soSmirk things that annoy them makes them autistic. I asked them how they deal with these annoying things and the said they just forget about it. Things that might annoy them will create severe emotional sSmirkess and anxiety, effects me socially and in some cases cause me to self harm, I can't just forget about it. It's obvious that a lot people don't understand what its really like to be autistic or theSmirkjust don't care and try and fob it off as something silly to just get over it Smirk 

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  • We are still human, so at the top level we tick the same boxes, e.g. one head, one brain, a spine, nerves, etc.

    However, I think we run a different operating system, or at least have various modules that are different.

    We can also run an emulator. But it takes up processing power.

    So can I feel feel pain, sorrow, love, happiness, the same as others, I don't know. No one knows whether someone else's subjective experience is the same. You can only see that for input A you get output x. If everyone produces x if given A as input,  you assume there is some similarity.

    But it is clear that there is some difference, at least till the emulator has perfected its job, because I don't give the same output.

    If certain outputs are similar, but ramped up, or down, or appear in response to other inputs, does it mean it is the same processing? I don't know and I am not sure how to tell.

    So is everyone a bit autistic, I don't know. Everyone has a similar mix of emotions, fears and hopes. Whether they experience them the same is unknowable.

    I expect the basic lizard brain stuff is the same, but higher level stuff has some difference.

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  • We are still human, so at the top level we tick the same boxes, e.g. one head, one brain, a spine, nerves, etc.

    However, I think we run a different operating system, or at least have various modules that are different.

    We can also run an emulator. But it takes up processing power.

    So can I feel feel pain, sorrow, love, happiness, the same as others, I don't know. No one knows whether someone else's subjective experience is the same. You can only see that for input A you get output x. If everyone produces x if given A as input,  you assume there is some similarity.

    But it is clear that there is some difference, at least till the emulator has perfected its job, because I don't give the same output.

    If certain outputs are similar, but ramped up, or down, or appear in response to other inputs, does it mean it is the same processing? I don't know and I am not sure how to tell.

    So is everyone a bit autistic, I don't know. Everyone has a similar mix of emotions, fears and hopes. Whether they experience them the same is unknowable.

    I expect the basic lizard brain stuff is the same, but higher level stuff has some difference.

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