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Re:High levels of oestrogens in the womb linked to autism by Zenst on Thursday August 01, 2019 @01:14PM (#20586009)
Agreed and yes, normal is a perception based upon a mode average. After all, if the majority of people were psychopaths, normal would take on a whole new meaning.

Equally it is hard to evaluate such a different timeline as you are evaluating from a different perspective/timeline.

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Re:High levels of oestrogens in the womb linked to autism by technothrasher on Thursday August 01, 2019 @01:33PM (#20586221)
Yes, you end up very quickly in Thomas Nagel's "What is it like to be a bat?" scenario. You can't ever know what it is like to be another person (or animal) because as soon as you are that other thing, you are no longer you. If you were still you, you wouldn't be that other thing so you still wouldn't have that knowledge.
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