29. "try to explain what it means then" In response to In response to 19
i'll wait. read your own link and try to parse it. it devolves into gibberish. ASD lumps people who have very little in common together. is there are many many more subtypes of people than are acknowledged. psychology as a science can't define the categories properly because humans are extremely complex and we can't vivisect the human nervous system and watch what it is going on in the brain with any granularity. what did people do before modern psychiatry? they managed somehow, yea? what insights does it bring? and what illusions? it is not this fountain of clarity and wisdom that many take it to be. people are confusing, psychology does not have all the answers. it will be better in 50 years and these advances will come by looking at what the brain is actually doing. it is up to everyone to decide if this is what we actually want. do you want to take your kids to an fmri and learn that they are dim, not wired to be astronauts?