tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post7554131908252512430..comments2023-10-30T04:16:25.917-04:00Comments on Sentient Developments: Thomas Armstrong's eight principles of neurodiversityGeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003484633933455827noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-27324387257930549772010-06-19T18:44:23.180-04:002010-06-19T18:44:23.180-04:00Alan: "That's post hoc ergo propter hoc, ...Alan: "That's post hoc ergo propter hoc, yes."<br /><br />Do I understand you correctly?<br />(a) That not succeeding in life happened *later in time* than going through a depression (post hoc).<br />(b) *implies* (ergo)<br />(c) that there is a causal relationship between the two things (propter hoc).Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07268232222770393210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-12837005523809963802010-06-15T14:58:29.399-04:002010-06-15T14:58:29.399-04:00That's post hoc ergo propter hoc, yes.That's post hoc ergo propter hoc, yes.Nick Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03921298506836485018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-26692879952111055312010-06-12T13:19:36.325-04:002010-06-12T13:19:36.325-04:00Alan: "depression can sometimes be useful for...Alan: "depression can sometimes be useful for correcting a positive bias in one's outlook toward life"<br /><br />Indeed, there is a lot of evidence favouring this hypothesis. Many humans experience a phase of depression in their youth, and don't succeed in doing anything later in their life. Or is this incorrectly assuming post hoc ergo propter hoc?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07268232222770393210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-18202878357172331162010-06-11T21:29:04.495-04:002010-06-11T21:29:04.495-04:00Just to play Devil's Advocate, might not it be...Just to play Devil's Advocate, might not it be that some societies are structured in such a way that some neurotypes, even if they're relatively normal, are a significant drawback? So even if they're not really "disorders" it could be useful to treat them as such to help people compensate for their drawbacks.<br /><br />Some might argue that it's better to change those societies to compensate for neurodiversity. However, doing so could well destroy cultural diversity, which isn't good either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-29122150115207765912010-06-10T16:37:19.769-04:002010-06-10T16:37:19.769-04:00@ZarPaulus: agreed on hallucinatory schizophrenia,...@ZarPaulus: agreed on hallucinatory schizophrenia, but depression can sometimes be useful for correcting a positive bias in one's outlook toward life.Nick Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03921298506836485018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-24342026868292532362010-06-08T23:31:53.606-04:002010-06-08T23:31:53.606-04:00#4, sanity itself seems to be a matter of opinion,...#4, sanity itself seems to be a matter of opinion, though there are neurological disorders that are undeniably harmful like depression and hallucinatory schizophrenia.<br /><br />Oh, and I've noted that trying to use reason to convince a psychopath to see others as anything but enemies or toys is futile.ZarPaulushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923548883992534673noreply@blogger.com