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Re:So you’ve learned you’ve got a “pitifully” low IQ. How wo... by heavenlyblue on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @05:18AM (#15540285)
Do you believe IQ is directly linked to the lack of social skills?

I have always had a problem assuming everyone else gets what I am trying to imply, even with shorter sentences - but over the 26 years of my life I learned that was not true at all.

So essentially my learning of "why do I suck at socialising" had always been linked to learning "what are people not aware of", rather than somehow being "socially incapable".

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Re:So you’ve learned you’ve got a “pitifully” low IQ. How wo... by fjsolwmv on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @10:35AM (#15541840)
It's a different part of the brain. Social skills like this are called theory of mind. The spectrum part of autism spectrum includes a trade-off between attention to explicit detail and an awareness of overall bacground context.
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