Comment on After viral interview, Palantir launches neurodivergent fellowship

• stoly@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Those are personality disorders, not forms of neurodivergence.

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  • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Wtf is neurodivergence if not a diverfence from normal personality and thinking?

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    • stoly@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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      • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Did you just make this up?

        I’m going by the parts of the words: neuro meaning of the mind/brain and divergent meaning deviating from normal. I don’t see why “neurodivergent” wouldn’t include all of ADHD, autism, personality disorders, or mental illness as these are all brain differences.

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  • Badabinski@kbin.earth ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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    • stoly@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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