Is autism a modern phenomenon or did it exist throughout history? It seems kind of overdiagnosed and that makes me wonder wether our modern lifestyle somehow causes it. Maybe some other condition is mislabeled as autism nowadays.
t. diagnosed assburger
I heard it was created by Finns as biological weapon of some sort.
>>775486
It existed through history but assburger was often distinguished as "different" thing. Dunno how it is today but it changes every 3 decades or so.
Either way it existed but obviously nowadays we over-diagnose it just like we do with ADD.
>>775486
No reason for it to be recent, if there are no records of it it's because nobody really cared about studying and identifying mental disorders before two centuries ago.
>>775486
It has always exited, there just wasn't a name for it.
Most people diagnosed with "autism" are fully functional and are just perceived as a little awkward socially.
It's just a term to throw at some one when they aren't a normie. Especially now that they've just lumped in aspergers with the rest of the autists.
>>775486
I think it has always been around, autism is genetic. Do you think it is becoming more prevalent because the spergs are breeding more than previously in history?
I kind of think that as society becomes more technogically advanced, autism may be a form of genetic evolution or natural selection. It seems like only people with autistic traits make the most breakthroughs in science, technology and physics. Then again, I might just have autism and be biased.
>>775486
Now we have internet, series and animu for autists to confine in. Combine that with autismbux and social security and you get a shut in autist. Prior to this possibility of home entertainment and state provision, autists generally had to get along more (albeit more awkwardly) but still. Instead of drinking in the pub or going to a party they would play an instrument or read a book, creating the musicians, philosophers and scientists of the time. High functioning autists were useful back then, now they just fuck loli pillows.
I remember reading a theory about autistic cavemen and hunter-gatherers, and how they must have been super-predators due to their ability to focus relentlessly on the prey that they were after, and this superior hunting ability would make them attractive to women, they would pass on their autistic genes, and autism might have been the next step in human evolution if it weren't for the development of agriculture.
>>775486
Animals give birth to retarded and weak offspring all the time. The fact that you don't see them on Animal Planet often is because most of these don't survive beyond cradle.
>>775561
You got it backwards buddy-O. Agriculture arose from autism, and agricultural society selects for autistic people.
Really, autism is not only unnecessary for hunting, or for "focusing relentlessly" (lol), but incompatible, and autism doesn't necessarily entail "extreme focusing" abilities.
>>775512
>genetic evolution
hahahahah, fucking lmao
>>775599
What's so funny?
>>775602
The fact that you think autism is some kind of evolution to make humans adapt with technology
The idea is laughable
Autism is a mental illness
>>775611
It's okay lad, you don't understand. Only an autist could. Just let us do the thinking, it's what we were made for.
>>775611
>The fact that you think autism is some kind of evolution...
I'm not the other poster.
>to make humans adapt with technology
>The idea is laughable
That is not what the other poster said that autism is or does, even if he had, what is so funny or unbelievable about that?
Learn to read.
>Autism is a mental illness
You don't even know what autism is and yet you "laugh" at the very idea of it being beneficial in any manner. That indicates only how idiotic and willfully ignorant you are.
>>775621
I was diagnosed with autism and I feel like a fucking vegetable most of the time. I don't think I'm made for thinking.
>>775628
Shut up autismo, you don't know shit
Go back to /r9k/ fag
>>775631
Probably due to other circumstances. I'm a sperg but once I got my sleep apnea sorted out and started getting some other better habits, shit is a lot better.
I don't even think all forms of "autism" are even related. Some people are just thinkers more than doers, they can understand complex things far more easier, but when it comes to carrying out a task, they're all fucking awkward and clumsy. It's just different types of brains and think it's pretty insulting it's even something to "diagnose".
More severe cases where people basically can't even function without supervision is something else entirely
>tfw be an assburger
>wish I was a savant in technology or science
>something that could make me successful one day
>instead I'm a savant in obscure political ideologies, the first crusade, and ironic internet memes
>>775689
maybe you could try to attach your autistic obsessiveness to something useful like programming
>>775709
I wish I could, I was originally planning to go to university to study programming, but in my year before I went I decided to try and fully commit myself to learning as much as possible about it, I ended up just getting extremely bored with it, I always hated learning languages in school and learning a coding language seemed no different. I might try out engineering and see how that goes.
>>775689
Try infosec, there is a massive deficit in talent and people will pay for your education and hire you on the spot.
Plus you can say your a "professional computer hacker" to the normies.
Was it autism?
>>775936
I actually knew a guy once who reminded me a great deal of him, he was great fun.
>>775517
yeah, this sounds about right
>>775689
i don't think the other guys read your post
just study sociology or social psychology at university, dude
learn more stuff and maybe you could live off your expertise for political ideology, then maybe write some books about internet memes for the public and get fucking rich because the masses are idiots
>>775486
Montgomery
>>775572
Autists definitely don't make good athletes, which suggests they would also make poor hunters.
Autism can have some benefits but that is only for the most intelligent people with it. Many autistic people have significant deficits in learning and it clearly effects their quality of life. Most people with autism have average or below average intelligence and their social handicaps make it difficult for them to form the kind of intimate, long-term relationships that form the foundation of a good life.
>>776057
Your notion of autism is the Jewish pathologized and demeaning one currently prevalent in mainstream popular, and academic, thought.
no
>>776049
depends on the autist, I knew one guy who was a full on savant when it came to body building.
>>776057
>>775633
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150310105232.htm
>Genes linked with a greater risk of developing autism may also be associated with higher intelligence, a study suggests. Researchers have found new evidence linking genetic factors associated with autism to better cognitive ability in people who do not have the condition.
http://www.medicaldaily.com/autism-genes-linked-higher-intelligence-treading-fine-line-between-intellectual-325798
>Researchers analyzed DNA samples from 10,000 people in Scotland, and then tested their general cognitive ability. When the research team compared each person’s genes with their test results, they found those who never fully developed autism, but carried autism-associated genes, scored higher.
So some autism related genes is better than having none or too many.
>>775689
>obscure political ideologies
Like libertarian socialism level obscure, or like francoist splinter politics level obscure?
>>775486
Mental disorders have only recently become recognised and we're still learning.
I think it's always existed but now we're just now begining to notice it.
Charles XII of Sweden may have been on the Autistic spectrum, based on some accounts of his court behaviour. One example is when a courtesan broke into his bedroom to seduce him:
He took one glance at her nude body; started like a roebuck; and ran from his room, with his arms in the air, howling in panic. From the safety of his guest bedroon, he instructed his Livgardet to evict the female from the palace.
>>776084
He just got more mad and butthurt things didn't go the way he liked
>>777288
Or perhaps he's just being a Swede?
>>775611
Autism is actually a structural difference in the brain. Due to how autism manifests through behaviour one need only learn how the processes of the mind can be swayed. Of course it's only the mild 'tists that can utilize this but if a mild autist can undergo behavioural transmutation achieving absolutely anything becomes possible for that individual.
