I had no idea that Asperger's was divorced from autism

Do autists live to be old? I heard that IQ actually correlates with lifespan.

Theyre just buckets of symptoms that show up together. They have no underlying causal theory

The latest DSM tightened up the reqs for autism diagnosis, so aspies aren't autists officially

IQ correlates to being based and redpilled.

It does, but only because high IQ people tend to take better care of themselves

@Jacob that's actually a good question, most of the autistic folks that I've known in my day have other underlying health issues that would prevent them from living a long life. But that doesn't mean all of them do that's just an anecdotal experience

Or low iq people die off

oh ya that's another thing
"autism" just refers to described behaviors
it's not really an *actual* condition @Perihelion - CA

And make more money for better treatments

Saying that you behaved a certain way because of your autism is a tautology

True

Has Down syndrome always existed or is it a new thing?

Most modern psychology is tautology

Well, that doesn't mean it isn't useful

Always, they just used to be left in the woods

@Jacob I just learned a new word

Describing behaviors can still be useful

You can see downies in ancient and medieval art

@Jordan - MD Did you have to look it up or was it obvious from context?

They tend to be sweathearts so people liked them

I looked it up.

Normally I would say redundant. But that's a really cool way to phrase it

ya, I guess that kinda means the same thing

"tautology" is the first word to come to mind, I wasn't trying to sound big brained or anything

Downs has a recognized cause, afaik autism and aspergers are kind of “idk lol”

I love our vocabulary. We shouldn't be ashamed of that

Downs is a doubling of a chromosome

People say big brained like it's a bad thing

They have more genetic code than us

Downie master race

Well, I do think there's a such thing as being needlessly articulate

They have 3 of chromosome 21 instead of 2

TFW downies are the next step in evolution

You can definitely overwrite

Just remember your audience

More = better, always

13 chromosome do 50 bad

@Jacob that's true, although most of the time I use larger words to shorten a sentence. I feel like as long as you know the definition it's actually easier to read

My life would be so much better if my IQ were 60

4 chromosome 21 is too powrful for this dimension