Weary Wulf[P] I posit then that perhaps certain kinds of minds—such as autism—are more resilient to uncertainty, more able to accept concepts such as the greater unknowns of the Universe. In my case, I find unknowns comforting, I accept that uncertainty is a facet of life in a Universe chock-full of quantum absurdity. So I'm not drawn to social identity as I have no need of protection from uncertainty—so my identity is founded on values, not social groups.
Michele Sabatier@wearywulf Fascinating idea. I especially like the last sentence about social identity and not needing “protection from uncertainty.” Perhaps this explains religion, and why I was so comfortable with the idea of atheism from childhood
[P] @msabatier — The truth is is that I can't honestly speak to that as I don't know, there are a lot of things I do not know that I can only surmise. I find that my journey of being autistic has been having to accept that I simply don't know many things, and to accept that uncertainty is an aspect of life. For example, I'm fascinated by the belief that one might have a mind like a steel trap and that all memories are accurate. Objectively, I know mine are not.
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[P] The Monty Hall problem really helps me articulate this because how the mind functions even is based upon what information we have available to us, which can be weighted in probability one way or another. We cannot say I know this, or I know that. One can only say this has a weight of probability or improbability according to the available evidence. We exist in a quantum foam of probability and uncertainty.
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