Comment on After viral interview, Palantir launches neurodivergent fellowship
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I‘m sick and tired of rich schmucks selling their lack of empathy as being neurodivergent. Nah man, you don‘t struggle with social cues. You simply don‘t care about others. That‘s a huge difference.
RobotToaster@mander.xyz 3 days ago
Technically antisocial personality disorder and narcissistic personality disorder are neurodivergent…
stoly@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Those are personality disorders, not forms of neurodivergence.
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
Wtf is neurodivergence if not a diverfence from normal personality and thinking?
stoly@lemmy.world 3 days ago
They are different things.
Neurodivergent people process information differently but have all the correct parts to process. They may interact with the world in slightly different ways but do not have a personality DEFECT.
People who are narcissists are missing a primary component: empathy for other humans. Their minds are fundamentally different than neurotypical and neurodivergent people.
Badabinski@kbin.earth 3 days ago
I seem to recall hearing that there were genetic/epigenetic components that predispose some folks to those personality disorders. I'm not disagreeing with you and I don't know if the research I saw was corroborated. I just think it's an interesting idea that you're not born with NPD, but you can be more vulnerable to developing it.
stoly@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I think that what you are noting is that narcissism can be caused by differences in brain structure, like in psychopathy, or by differences in upbringing, like in sociopathy.