The way my mind works... Everything's so scattered; I come to conclusions that I can't logically explain; I can't 'show my work' I have no idea how I actually came to a solution and yet... It very often turns out right.
Is that actually smart? I don't think so. It feels like I'm not actually the one doing the thinking. I reach a conclusion and then I have to work backwards to rationalize what I thought. Isn't that actually antithetical to logical reasoning?
@indecisivetwat I used to get into strife at school for getting the answers without showing any work. Although I feel like I knew the work I just hadn't written it down, so slightly different.
That said, you wouldn't say someone is bad at swimming or singing because they can do it without thinking.
@indecisivetwat I found it a lot easier to do that after I took a (throwaway elective) course on logical thinking at uni. Learning exactly how arguments are structured was fascinating and very helpful.
If A and B = true AND if A + B = C then C etc etc all that stuff you kind of instinctively know but seeing it allows you to keep that in mind when you speak to others on X subject.
@indecisivetwat Same. I gave up trying to do the reverse engineering years ago. Now if someone doesn't get it, I usually respond with JFGI.
I've been told by a lot of people it's a low level Autism Spectrum Disorder thing, but I'm functional and can (sort of) interact socially, so can't see the point fretting about it.
Being mostly right without apparently doing the work annoys others, but that's their problem.
@therophyte Yeah, it's kinda ironic seeing people get frustrated with me for being smarter than them 'without the effort' when my real concern is actually that I'm having trouble helping them be on the same level as me.
I kinda have an unhealthy level of putting others before myself, but even without that I think I'd still see my intelligence as being more for the education and betterment of those around me than to serve any selfish goal.
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we are ADHD (dx last year) and autistic (self-dx recently). We do this constantly... it's intuition/ pattern recognition for us and it's sometimes in ways that look like magic to others.
This is extraverted intuition, finding solutions with as little information possible. Introverted intuition is more complete, more detailed and safer, but with less fireworks 🎆🎇🎆
That's how we've come to understand ourselves.
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by system... place of work? Small teams would be tough... we've never done that
(just making sure you mean multiple people 'cause our personal multiple-system isn't complex but our work team is 30 people) 😊
@KabitTarah Oh derp, sorry, my reading comprehension sometimes is just... ugh. I hear what I want to hear.
I was talking about headmates. Not external people. Sorry. >.<
We liked these two. The first is like a FAQ on plurality. The second has a bunch of short articles
https://meeresbande.tumblr.com/post/64782635501/am-i-multiple-what-to-do-when-you-think-you
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