Comments on: How do you make decisions, with logic or your gut? http://www.blisstree.com/articles/how-do-you-make-decisions-with-logic-or-your-gut/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:04:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: dkmnow http://www.blisstree.com/articles/how-do-you-make-decisions-with-logic-or-your-gut/comment-page-1/#comment-555944 dkmnow Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:21:05 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/how-do-you-make-decisions-with-logic-or-your-gut/#comment-555944 <i>"'People with autism tended to be more consistent in their pattern of choices, their greater attention to detail perhaps helping them avoid being swayed by their emotions,' says Dr Neil Harrison."</i> In other contexts, this is usually referred to as "rigidity." It's also one catalyst (or all-too-convenient pretext) for the rationale whereby we are described as "lacking empathy." Funny thing: There's nothing more patently Normal™ than being motivated almost exclusively by classic cognitive biases -- and yet, to openly acknowledge this usually amounts to the revoking of one's own "license" to profit from it. Wotta woild. “‘People with autism tended to be more consistent in their pattern of choices, their greater attention to detail perhaps helping them avoid being swayed by their emotions,’ says Dr Neil Harrison.”

In other contexts, this is usually referred to as “rigidity.” It’s also one catalyst (or all-too-convenient pretext) for the rationale whereby we are described as “lacking empathy.”

Funny thing: There’s nothing more patently Normal™ than being motivated almost exclusively by classic cognitive biases — and yet, to openly acknowledge this usually amounts to the revoking of one’s own “license” to profit from it.

Wotta woild.

]]> By: Alias Pseudonym http://www.blisstree.com/articles/how-do-you-make-decisions-with-logic-or-your-gut/comment-page-1/#comment-561408 Alias Pseudonym Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:23:43 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/how-do-you-make-decisions-with-logic-or-your-gut/#comment-561408 ... Since when is reading quickly a characteristic of Hyperlexia DISORDER? Since when is high energy level a characteristic of Attention Deficit/Hyperactive DISORDER? Since when is it impossible for a positive trait to be attached to a disorder? …

Since when is reading quickly a characteristic of Hyperlexia DISORDER? Since when is high energy level a characteristic of Attention Deficit/Hyperactive DISORDER? Since when is it impossible for a positive trait to be attached to a disorder?

]]> By: David N. Andrews M. Ed. (Distinction) http://www.blisstree.com/articles/how-do-you-make-decisions-with-logic-or-your-gut/comment-page-1/#comment-559412 David N. Andrews M. Ed. (Distinction) Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:46:31 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/how-do-you-make-decisions-with-logic-or-your-gut/#comment-559412 Check that first sentence: a) People with autism-related disorders b) are less likely to make irrational decisions, and are less influenced by gut instincts. Would part b not actually <i>lessen</i> the validity of part a? Since when has 'being more logical' been a criterion of a <i>disorder</i>? Check that first sentence:

a) People with autism-related disorders

b) are less likely to make irrational decisions, and are less influenced by gut instincts.

Would part b not actually lessen the validity of part a?

Since when has ‘being more logical’ been a criterion of a disorder?

]]> By: Maddy http://www.blisstree.com/articles/how-do-you-make-decisions-with-logic-or-your-gut/comment-page-1/#comment-561382 Maddy Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:19:59 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/how-do-you-make-decisions-with-logic-or-your-gut/#comment-561382 Very interesting. So if we grown up people want to make rational decisions we know who to consult! Cheers Very interesting. So if we grown up people want to make rational decisions we know who to consult!
Cheers

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