I’m not familiar with this “infamous” remark and I’m not sure what you’re suggesting it proves or even implies. I recently read the book Born on a Blue Day, which was written by Daniel Tammet, a man with Asperger’s. He writes at one point:
There is something exciting and reassuring for individuals on the autistic spectrum about communicating with other people over the Internet. For one thing, talking in chat rooms or by email does not require you to know how to initiate a conversation or when to smile or the numerous intricacies of body language, as in other social situations. The use of “emoticons” . . . also makes it easier to know how the other person is feeling because he or she tells you in a simple, visual method.
Tammet met his partner on the Internet. His reasoning makes sense to me. Is there something ridiculous that I am missing about the suggestion that people, especially those with autism spectrum diagnoses, meet other people on the Internet, as opposed to real life?
Of course. Just check out HughRistik’s detailed explanation of how such a suggestion, like “let them eat cake” completely misunderstands the state of an AS male.
Yes, in some time and place it was possible for these internet chats to easily translate into dating for aspies, but apparently, everyone on the site seemed to disagree with Alicorn’s assessment.
But taking it as a given that Alicorn’s comment completely misunderstood the state of an AS male, how does it show that she also completely misunderstands the state of an AS female, and how does the comment therefore provide support for your suggestion that Alicorn’s AS is in doubt because she made that comment?
Because if she had AS, she would be approaching sociality from (more of a) blank slate, and would have to get explicit, conscious knowledge of the rules of sociality she learned, which could then be explained to other AS blank slates, male or female. But her advice is spoken from the perspective of someone who never had to systematize, but only had tacit understanding of sociality—and hence sounds vague to those who really need the advice.
I’m not familiar with this “infamous” remark and I’m not sure what you’re suggesting it proves or even implies. I recently read the book Born on a Blue Day, which was written by Daniel Tammet, a man with Asperger’s. He writes at one point:
Tammet met his partner on the Internet. His reasoning makes sense to me. Is there something ridiculous that I am missing about the suggestion that people, especially those with autism spectrum diagnoses, meet other people on the Internet, as opposed to real life?
Of course. Just check out HughRistik’s detailed explanation of how such a suggestion, like “let them eat cake” completely misunderstands the state of an AS male.
Yes, in some time and place it was possible for these internet chats to easily translate into dating for aspies, but apparently, everyone on the site seemed to disagree with Alicorn’s assessment.
But taking it as a given that Alicorn’s comment completely misunderstood the state of an AS male, how does it show that she also completely misunderstands the state of an AS female, and how does the comment therefore provide support for your suggestion that Alicorn’s AS is in doubt because she made that comment?
Because if she had AS, she would be approaching sociality from (more of a) blank slate, and would have to get explicit, conscious knowledge of the rules of sociality she learned, which could then be explained to other AS blank slates, male or female. But her advice is spoken from the perspective of someone who never had to systematize, but only had tacit understanding of sociality—and hence sounds vague to those who really need the advice.