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Re:Signatures of positive selection in autism spectrum disor... by lumberjack on Friday February 23, 2018 @02:13PM (#16448561)
"think logically and systematically" is a rather bizarre way of describing all the symptoms of ASD, which are behaviors that are definitely not what we would think of as intelligent behavior.
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Re:Signatures of positive selection in autism spectrum disor... by gwern on Friday February 23, 2018 @02:31PM (#16448687)
Look into the scale in question. We're not talking about crippled mute kids banging their heads into walls or attacking their teachers.
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Re:Signatures of positive selection in autism spectrum disor... by watwut on Friday February 23, 2018 @02:40PM (#16448761)
It holds true also for high functioning autists. Inability to control emotions or evwn recognize them a.k.a. angry outbursts over small inconvenience/not getting your way/etc is one of symptoms for example.
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