Lumifer comments on Autism, or early isolation? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: advael 18 June 2015 04:52:58PM *  1 point [-]

But without medicalizing, how can we generate significant-sounding labels for every aspect of our personalities?

How will we write lists of things "you should know" about dealing with (Insert familiar DSM-adjacent descriptor)?

Without a constant stream of important-sounding labels, how will I know what tiny ingroups I belong to? My whole identity might fall apart at the seams!

Comment author: Lumifer 18 June 2015 05:37:49PM 2 points [-]

"Making shit up" is a universal, time-honored, and a fairly effective solution :-D