@CP
Hmm... I see.
@SpacePunk
You have helped shed more light on the subject. It does look like im going to have to discard this theory as mere nonsense. The amount of evidence
against it far over shadows the evidence for it.
Originally posted by SpacePunk
reply to post by cautiouslypessimistic
I really don' t know where to start. I am a high functioning autistic, but I certainly can't speak for other autistics since there's such a wide range individualized behavioral and neural items that it's regarded as a spectrum instead of a specific item. For myself, when I was younger, I got around four hours of sleep a day, now at the age of 43 it seems like there are days where I can't get enough... it's probably age.
I lack empathy, although I've learned to use scripts to fake it.
I've always expected order around me, and can see the order in chaos.
During my military years, I enjoyed the regimented lifestyle. I was good at what I did, and my peers regarded me as 'scary' because I had a reputation of having a focused ruthless efficiency that served me well. But, when I got out, I discovered that I didn't truly grow at all while in that lifestyle, I had lost my self identity.
Now, 17 years later, 25 years into 'adulthood', I am where I should have been 13 years ago. I still have a very formal face to face way of manner that irritates some people that I deal with.
I don't consider the spectrum to be evolutionarily advantageous at all. Quite the contrary.