This article picks apart a bunch of biases by the researchers of a given paper. The object of study was the differences in behavior between a group of autistic people and a group of non-autistic people when choosing between prioritizing value for oneself or value for the community.

I recommend reading the paper itself too. If that is, understandably, too much for you, I suggest you go for the introduction, the conclusion, and the segments mentioned in the article.

  • Artemis@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    This is very interesting. I’m not diagnosed but strongly suspect I’m on the spectrum and the article rings true for me.

    I generally avoid confrontation but I will gladly ruin a whole conversation if I feel like someone else believes something I find immoral or unethical

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      I feel the same and am on the spectrum myself. I feel that if I don’t say anything when something immoral is said, by not acknowledging it as immoral I’m tacitly supporting it. After all, if it bothered me, why didn’t I say anything?

      Of course, there’s some nuance to when and how to have an argument. But I feel there’s a much larger desire to keep the peace among my other family members. Even though some of those family members are really shitty people.

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        There are twelve people having dinner at the table. One of them is a nazi, and openly argues for the extermination of the one minority he hates. No one pushes back against him. There are now twelve nazis having dinner at the table.