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Ok. So. Is there something wrong with me that ever since I learned about the Palestinian genocide in the late 2000's my mind went immediately to "uh, what the fuck, why are we supporting this?"
I've always thought "well of course Palestinians are going to support Hamas. Hamas is actually doing something.
Is it empathy? Or is it autism that makes me more resistant to propaganda? Or is it simply that I have an above average means to change my mind in light of new information and most humans lack it?
So I've heard from a few places that being neurodivergent does give you somewhat resistance from propaganda because you're already used to having to think through a bunch of shit without being able to rely on group think, etc.
But also, basic fucking empathy does kind of kick in really hard. The propaganda isn't even that good besides, it's just a bunch of idiots saying "NO THE DEAD CHILDREN WERE EVIL".
Supposedly neuros are more sensitive to being just and fair as well.
I've been on the receiving end of some bullshit when I was young, and really don't like seeing that kinda nonsense happen to others if it's undeserved.
This is actually backwards. Autism undermines the ability to evaluate intentions, which vitiates moral reasoning. Fascinating research into how different brain regions contribute to ethical intuition. Here are some relevant lecture slides from MIT.
And now consider,
The correct answer to the first scenario is 6 or 7 out of 7, and the correct answer to the second is 1 out of 7. People with ASD answer low (2 or 3 out of 7) for both, focusing exclusively on outcomes.
That's also why it's a spectrum. Some of us have compensation for that automatic intuition.
Grace had a different prediction of her action in the first one compared to the second one.
Though admittedly my first gut instinct is "grace killed her, intentional or not." But because of that "mystery or" my mind says "my understanding is incomplete, seek more information."
That’s an interesting way to think about it.
That’s wild. I feel like situation 1 would be more like a 5 or 6 since it never says Grace got permission to use the coffee machine on the tour.
Sure, she’s just trying to get sugar for her friend. Someone put poison in it. She’s not at fault.
This is an absolutely horrible test/explanation.
I've kind of realized after my diagnosis and journey into understanding and reframing my whole life, that for people who are on the spectrum, in a lot of cases it's almost entirely a syndrome of "thinking too much."
This is a curse when you're in a social situation and need to be spontaneous and witty and relatable, but it can also mean you have a very strong internal language system for working out situations and seeing things from many angles.
This isn't to say that autistic people can't get stuck in wrong modes of thought, or that neurotypical people don't also have the capability to work things out in their mind, but it is going to have an effect on your politics and how you view the larger world.
I've read that autistic people generally have a very strong sense of "justice" in this regard, and this is why it can feel far more painful to see injustice happening, because the power of overthinking lets you experience it from all different angles or imagine being the person experiencing injustice. It's like brute-forcing empathy.
Fuck Netanyahu but also his psyop Hamas. All enemies of Palestinians
Hamas is the only party fighting for Palestinians along with other Gazan resistance factions.
Hamas is fighting for Iran, not Palestine
My sides.
What you have there is your basic human empathy, untainted by religious or cultural indoctrination.
Keep hold of that we need more of it.