Post 4628816 - (Asperger's and Being Considered "Disabled")

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[quote="aghogday"][quote="androbot2084"]A neurotypical will ask : If the Moon landings are not a hoax how come WE are still not going to the Moon.[/quote]

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Per the link above there are quite a few people that identifiy themselves with Aspergers, that have argued the point that the Moon landings were a hoax, so if there are accurate self reports on this website per whom does or whom does not have Aspergers, that's not an example of a type of empirically based logical analysis specific to autistics or non-autistics.  In fact, it is associated with schizotypal thinking which is correlated higher among individuals with Aspergers than the general population, per research.

There are entire threads here where individuals also talk about personifying objects in their environments, also associated with schizotypal thinking.  The evidence here is anecdotal, but there is actual evidence per science that has measured this phenomenon correlated stronger among individuals with Aspergers than the general population.

There are a great many threads here with interests in psychic phenomenon.  Interestingly, many "religious" individuals, in the general population don't believe in psychic phenomenon because of their religious beliefs, but religious ideas that are part of the cultural norm, are similiar to belief in psychic phenomenon considered part of schizotypical thinking.  But, since mainstream religious ideas are part of the cultural norm they aren't identified in personality tests as schizotypal thinking

Beyond the actual research that shows that schizotypal thinking is correlated with Aspergers above those in the general population, there are threads here that provide self reported personality test results, that provide anecdotal evidence that the majority of individuals with Aspergers testing and reporting test results here, measure high on tests that measure schizotypal thinking.

Here is only one recent example.  Not one person reported measuring lower than moderate on the test for schizotypal thinking; approximately 75% scored high to very high on the measures of schizotypal (magical) thinking.

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Most human beings engage in some form of schizotypal thinking, but categorized within religious context, because that is a cultural norm in thinking, psychiatrists do not identify that as schizotypal thinking.

I've come across very few people here that won't have anything to do with schizotypal thinking, however there is a potential problem there as well, because without the ability to move into the area of schizotypal thinking to some degree, one can become close minded to phenomenon that actually exists that is not supported by empirical evidence.  Again, a balance is healthy.

Without a balance of emotion or a little bit of magical thinking, one's horizons can become reduced; however some of this is beyond the control of individuals per inherent and environmental factors.

Per example, there is actual scientific evidence that some types of anamalous pre-cognition phenomenon exists, per what has historically commonly been understood as psychic phenomenon.

There are only a couple of individuals on this site, that I have found that have refused to have any part of that evidence, because it is associated with what they consider is magical thinking and assess themselves as very rational individuals; likely they would score extremely low on personality tests that measure schizotypal thinking.

Most people don't need any evidence, per most reports of people on this site, per threads that address these issues, to understand that there are things beyond current measures of science that exist.

Again, a balance of emotion and logic is healthy, there are negative aspects of refusing any type of information that is not perceived as completely empirical based as there is in refusing to accept information that is strongly empirically based.

Any human being that thinks they have control of their life events, is guilty of magical thinking to some degree, however it is a degree of magical thinking that provides the potential for human beings to find order and sanity in life.  Without a certain degree of magical thinking life can be very hard for some human beings.

In fact, a healthy brain frames life around an illusion of what is expected per experience in life.  The process, that in part, is behind the phenomenon of optical illusion.  There are some individuals that cannot see this optical illusion that perceive reality close to what it actually is.  Many individuals studied with schizophrenia, do not have the ability to perceive optical illusions.

Some individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia that have difficulties in life determining their realities, in part, are suggested, through this research, to potentialy have a problem of inherently providing an illusion of reality, through limits in brain function, that most human beings have the ability for.

This difficulty in brain function, is suggested to limit the ability to provide a roadmap, for one to find their way in the world.

Science now suggests that it is illusion that underlies much of what humans perceive as reality, and attempt to rationalize after the fact.  In fact our conscious awareness of reality is measured per science as being slightly behind the actual experience of reality.  The emotional processing centers of the brain are connected with this whole process.

Interestingly, some autistic individuals have been measured as having similar difficulties seeing optical illusions.  I did a poll on it sometime ago, and about a third polled could not see the optical illusion.

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