Doug_S. comments on Humans in Funny Suits

1Eliezer_Yudkowsky30 July 2008 11:54PM

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Doug_S.31 July 2008 05:02:28AM0 points [-]

I've read that people with autism anthropomorphize far less than other people, because their "model other people based on myself" module doesn't seem to be working normally (or so my crude impression goes).

The gap between autistic humans and neurotypical humans may be bigger than the gap between male and female humans. I would list autism as an exception to the psychological unity of humankind.