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  • I wonder whether it’s possible to fight wars without – ideally – having casaulties at all.

    For example, sedating instead of killing. Afterwards prison camps or something like that. Admittedly, given the scale, it is financially and logistically a tremendous effort. But how much must a human life “be worth” in order to be spared?

    There are other obvious issues like civil unrest, if the other party keeps killing soldiers of one’s own military.

    Still, it’s better than to end lifes from my perspective. One side must be the bigger one.

    We spend so much effort and resources into specialising how to kill each other. But we don’t use that resources for finding alternative ways.

    If there are people who really want to kill each other, throw them together and leave the rest alone.



  • As far as I know, I am neurotypical, so mind that when reading my comment.

    Regarding the title of your question:
    Because neurotypicals are the majority of people. As usual, majorities set norms and actively or passively decide upon common concepts like ethical or societal rules.

    Regarding the issue you described:
    Even though it might seem exhausting, I think it’s important to see people – regardless whether neurotypical or not – not as a homogeneous mass but as a highly variable mixture.

    Sure, even then there are common rules like don’t punch people. But those are the broad and general ground rules.

    Then, there are the nuances, which can be highly individual.

    In your example, regarding the punctuation, use of grammar as well as verbosity of replies, I would react completely different than your friend. I wouldn’t mind any of those things, which seemed rude to her. Okay, maybe I would feel like I weren’t given the attention I hoped for if, after pouring my heart out, I just get a simple “K.” as response. That would make me sad, because I was hoping for compassion and a dialouge dealing with the issue.
    But apart from such things, that would probably be totally fine for me.

    One behaviour and two very different reactions due to two different people.
    As such nuances are often individual, it’s probably best to explore what kind of behaviour the other person would feel comfortable with and with which behaviour they don’t. Repeat that process with everyone in your life, who you would also like to keep relations to.

    That’s also related to a thing known as role-behaviour in psychology, which also applies to neurotypicals. When I talk to my superior at work, I behave differently than when I am at home with my wife. Then, I also behave differently with my friends. And among the friends, I learned enough about some, to know what and how I can say something to them and from which topics or phrasings it’s probably best to steer away.




  • As far as I know, I am not autistic. I was curious though and took the test. I am just depressed, among other problems. Also in therapy for that. So that is reflected in the results. I also got the message “Your autism symptoms are low”.

    Thanks for the link though! I will forward it to an aquaitance of mine who is wondering whether they might be autistic. They already booked an appointment with specialists in order to investigate that.


  • As an engineer, I concur.

    Although I would make one adjustment:

    It is not one point on the spectrum.

    Theoretically, it can be a single point regarding the reference unit (here, the colour). Consider ideal laserlight for example, there you have just one specific wavelength, i.e., a single colour. The magnitude might differ, but it would be a single point in a mathematical sense.