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Have you wondered where the claim that autistic people lack empathy came from?Ooh that is such a good point! I love your idea about the person who told Janet being to blame.
It starts to show up how our system of blame and exoneration is rather a witch hunt, and not very logical
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Have you wondered where the claim that autistic people lack empathy came from?They did a bunch of repetitions in different ways.
Different scenarios. One of the earlier ones was that Sally's friend was stung by a jellyfish and she poured something on it which, instead of healing it, killed the friend.I wonder they maybe changed it to 'swimming with jellyfish' because it seems a very silly thing to do (advise your friend to swim with jellyfish) whereas the first scenario was a bit more of a "oh dear but fair enough" mistake?
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Have you wondered where the claim that autistic people lack empathy came from?Yes, good point.
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Have you wondered where the claim that autistic people lack empathy came from?Yes. To be fair, we all do this to some extent. But neurodivergent folk do it less - relying on heuristics I mean.
My feeling is that's also why we get quite tired in unfamiliar contexts. We are taking in a lot more original information.
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Have you wondered where the claim that autistic people lack empathy came from?So it's a form of selection bias I suppose. If that were the case, yes.
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Have you wondered where the claim that autistic people lack empathy came from?Great
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Have you wondered where the claim that autistic people lack empathy came from?I like your angle
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Have you wondered where the claim that autistic people lack empathy came from?Yes - I've been fascinated by logic recently. I feel it can be usefully used in a lot of contexts that involve dismantling power structures.
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Have you wondered where the claim that autistic people lack empathy came from?Sally Janet
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Have you wondered where the claim that autistic people lack empathy came from?Exactly this, yes. I'm always a bit astonished at what I've perceived to be the arrogance of people who are very sure about their own intentions.... Especially when they keep repeating the same actions over and over, and then act surprised about there being a similar outcome every time
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Have you wondered where the claim that autistic people lack empathy came from?Exactly
this.And while the deterrence makes sense and is useful, the other things don't and aren't.
Ah... except perhaps for the purpose of maintaining power structures and the status quo
️(I'm laughing as I write this, and thinking, "ah, no wonder people don't like us" - especially privileged ones who like their position)
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Have you wondered where the claim that autistic people lack empathy came from?Thanks for this. My way of answering a lot of conundrums is "that depends"
Or even... "That depends on how we define [...]"
So much that my kids would often answer for me lol
Also I wanted to say sorry for changing the name from Sally to Janet. I realised there were a bunch of jellyfish studies, and in the one with the swimming the name given is Janet. Making it look like you're responding randomly with a different name. My sincere apologies for that!
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Have you wondered where the claim that autistic people lack empathy came from?Ooh beautifully put!! I'm bookmarking your post so I don't forget.
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Have you wondered where the claim that autistic people lack empathy came from?
I'm the same.
This thread is actually a byproduct out of an article I'm writing on autistic empathy. I'm nearly done but these are the kinds of things that will go into it.
(And when finished I'll be asking for people's thoughts / feedback!)
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Have you wondered where the claim that autistic people lack empathy came from?I so agree about knowing the edge of your knowledge. At least a little humility...
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Have you wondered where the claim that autistic people lack empathy came from?Goodness yes
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Have you wondered where the claim that autistic people lack empathy came from?Or to those who did not
