Odd Girl Out: An Autistic Woman in a Neurotypical WorldLaura James
The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention
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A groundbreaking argument about the link between autism and ingenuity.
Why can humans alone invent? In The Pattern Seekers, Cambridge University psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen makes a case that autism is as crucial to our creative and cultural history as the mastery of fire. Indeed, Baron-Cohen argues that autistic people have played a key role in human progress for seventy thousand years, from the first tools to the digital revolution.
How? Because the same genes that cause autism enable the pattern seeking that is essential to our species' inventiveness. However, these abilities exact a great cost on autistic people, including social and often medical challenges, so Baron-Cohen calls on us to support and celebrate autistic people in both their disabilities and their triumphs. Ultimately, The Pattern Seekers isn't just a new theory of human civilization, but a call to consider anew how society treats those who think differently.
© 2021 Tantor Audio (Ljudbok): 9781705293027
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Ljudbok: 16 februari 2021
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The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention
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- Förlag
A groundbreaking argument about the link between autism and ingenuity.
Why can humans alone invent? In The Pattern Seekers, Cambridge University psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen makes a case that autism is as crucial to our creative and cultural history as the mastery of fire. Indeed, Baron-Cohen argues that autistic people have played a key role in human progress for seventy thousand years, from the first tools to the digital revolution.
How? Because the same genes that cause autism enable the pattern seeking that is essential to our species' inventiveness. However, these abilities exact a great cost on autistic people, including social and often medical challenges, so Baron-Cohen calls on us to support and celebrate autistic people in both their disabilities and their triumphs. Ultimately, The Pattern Seekers isn't just a new theory of human civilization, but a call to consider anew how society treats those who think differently.
© 2021 Tantor Audio (Ljudbok): 9781705293027
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 16 februari 2021
Taggar
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TankeväckandeI have not yet finished it, but after the first 25% I have to admit that after a good start, Im disappointed at the amount of overlooked factors influencing the statistics he includes. The ratio of autistic women to men is close to 1:1 as of recent studies. The reason for his 2:1 or even 3:1 ratio is that women were often not even tested. This is a clear logical fallacy: women are less often autistic brcause they are diagnosed less... on top of this, asd manifests differently in men and women, likely due to societal molding thtough childhood, and as such may apply logical sequences in a different manner/different subject areas. These facts make it an outdated text in need of extensive revision.
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