The connections in autistic brains are idiosyncratic and individualized

Each autistics' brain is distinct; non-autistics' brains are remarkably uniform.

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Pichu0102[/url]":2vwahi6n]Oh no, this will set back treatment research further. Common symptoms with completely different brain wiring per subject? That sound was a collective bunch of scientists popping open another beer to drown out the agony of their work going down the drain.

As for those of us with autism, this could explain why it's hard to find a good treatment that works for all of us. On the bad side, this explains why it's hard to find a good treatment that works for all of us. Christ, the despair never ends...

Although it isn't down the drain. Useful things come out of knowledge we didn't expect.

 

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RolandL[/url]":czjdclut]So too much or too little connectivity has a negative impact on social function. I have to wonder what this means for Artificial Intelligence. AI would have "too many" connections in ALL areas. So my guess is that super-intelligence is either not possible or not social, probably the latter. I leave the consequences of that to your imagination, and to Hollywood.

Why would AI necessarily have too many connections?