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[–] 66 points 6 months ago (2 children)

But we only can know the yellow. I wouldn't be surprised if the blue line had a positive slope over a ten thousand year scale. We are less and less fit for the environment we make.

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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago

    I’ve thought of this so many times and I agree with you.

    As we’ve essentially homogenized human society and the roles required to sustain said society, we (neurodivergents) have indeed become less and less fit for the environment we’ve chosen to make.

    I once heard this great take on neurodiversity’s role in creating groups of people with ‘specialized’ functions that served the larger group as a whole (I’m taking pre-modern/hunter gatherer tribes). What we call neurodivergence was simply a brain wired to complement or even enhance neurotypical brain functions and vice versa. The brain was evolving to become as diverse as the rest of our bodies, as equity helps ensure survival.

    The way I see it, we are like puzzle pieces that fit together to make each other stronger as a unit. We are not simple shapes that one stacks together in an attempt to make structure. I’m sure there’s a much better analogy out there, but this is what my mind has been working on for some time now.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Or, there's just no such thing as "typical" within an organ as complex as the human brain. There is only social contexts in which some brains thrive and others struggle... combined with the innate human instinct to form in groups and out groups.

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