Comments on: Time Machine: Cause of Autism #2 http://www.neoteny.org/2008/06/19/time-machine-cause-of-autism-2/ The American Left, Societal Transformation, and Biological Evolution Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:35:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Minnesota Somali Autism: Geography and Light and maturation rate adjustment : Neoteny, sexual selection, cause of autism, human evolution, social transformation, left organizing and internet activism - how they all connect http://www.neoteny.org/2008/06/19/time-machine-cause-of-autism-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1295 Minnesota Somali Autism: Geography and Light and maturation rate adjustment : Neoteny, sexual selection, cause of autism, human evolution, social transformation, left organizing and internet activism - how they all connect Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:25:31 +0000 http://www.neoteny.org/?p=84#comment-1295 [...] be congregating in certain times of the year. (For other variables that cause autism, click here, here and [...] [...] be congregating in certain times of the year. (For other variables that cause autism, click here, here and [...]

]]> By: Andrew http://www.neoteny.org/2008/06/19/time-machine-cause-of-autism-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1223 Andrew Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:46:24 +0000 http://www.neoteny.org/?p=84#comment-1223 It is somewhat paradoxical. At the same time there is less theory of mind or ability to be in two places, there is an enhanced relationship with abstract pattern or an understanding of that which is not immediate. It is somewhat paradoxical. At the same time there is less theory of mind or ability to be in two places, there is an enhanced relationship with abstract pattern or an understanding of that which is not immediate.

]]> By: A http://www.neoteny.org/2008/06/19/time-machine-cause-of-autism-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1212 A Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:12:05 +0000 http://www.neoteny.org/?p=84#comment-1212 "understanding of the abstract" I don't know what this means. I have read that we are supposed to have difficulty with "abstract thinking" but I don't know what that means either. If I do have difficulty with it perhaps I would not understand the explanation! “understanding of the abstract”

I don’t know what this means. I have read that we are supposed to have difficulty with “abstract thinking” but I don’t know what that means either. If I do have difficulty with it perhaps I would not understand the explanation!

]]> By: Andrew http://www.neoteny.org/2008/06/19/time-machine-cause-of-autism-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1204 Andrew Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:52:03 +0000 http://www.neoteny.org/?p=84#comment-1204 The strengths of the maturationally delayed, those closer to primary process thinking, has some to do with being closer to the wellsprings of creativity and the unconscious. There is isolation, often severe isolation, since society today offers few rituals of shared unconscious experience. But the strengths of these people, often verbal facility, dance, affinity toward music, and intuition for the associational as opposed to the narrative frame of reference, understanding of the abstract, these are strengths that come with this group of people. The strengths of the maturationally delayed, those closer to primary process thinking, has some to do with being closer to the wellsprings of creativity and the unconscious. There is isolation, often severe isolation, since society today offers few rituals of shared unconscious experience. But the strengths of these people, often verbal facility, dance, affinity toward music, and intuition for the associational as opposed to the narrative frame of reference, understanding of the abstract, these are strengths that come with this group of people.

]]> By: A http://www.neoteny.org/2008/06/19/time-machine-cause-of-autism-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1182 A Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:28:33 +0000 http://www.neoteny.org/?p=84#comment-1182 OK, but how does it help to have difficulty reading social situations/body language, detecting sarcasm etc? OK, but how does it help to have difficulty reading social situations/body language, detecting sarcasm etc?

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