The Death of the Internet as a Haven for People with Autism

Re:The Death of the Internet as a Haven for People with Autism by pipes on Saturday October 14, 2023 @04:46PM (#37884116)

Mentions Wang computers. I watched the Simpsons episode tonight were Martin is wearing a Wang computers t shirt on the school bus. I assumed it was a fictitious company but I Googled it tonight , no it's real. Then 20 mins later read this on hacker news.

I'm sure there's a proper name for these types of coincidences.

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Re:The Death of the Internet as a Haven for People with Autism by ieatyourapple on Saturday October 14, 2023 @04:53PM (#37884178)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity

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Re:The Death of the Internet as a Haven for People with Autism by spacebacon on Sunday October 15, 2023 @04:48PM (#37893265)

This is the nature of reality that increases with the more dots you connect over the years or more complexity you adopt within your neural networks. Take care to weed out cognitive dissonance from good heuristics. Your life may have been mostly dedicated to observing existential meaning in all things. You may notice every step forward is accompanied by these synchonocities. You may realize everything was just a different expression of the one thing afterall.

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Re:The Death of the Internet as a Haven for People with Autism by pippp3 on Sunday October 15, 2023 @11:47PM (#37895747)

Another one is the Baader–Meinhof phenomenon. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion ; this is a more mainstream explanation: https://www.healthline.com/health/baader-meinhof-phenomenon

“In short, Baader-Meinhof phenomenon is a frequency bias. You notice something new, at least it’s new to you. It could be a word, a breed of dog, a particular style of house, or just about anything. Suddenly, you’re aware of that thing all over the place.

In reality, there’s no increase in occurrence. It’s just that you’ve started to notice it.”

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