From a few hours ago—the most self-aware neurotypical person "(probably)" that I happened to come across for the first time this month is the author of the following Reddit comment.

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From a few hours ago—the most self-aware neurotypical person "(probably)" that I happened to come across for the first time this month is the author of the following Reddit comment.

"People don't think much. I don't say that as an insult, but many just operate on autopilot. No reflection, no questioning, neither their own actions nor those of systems.

"[Neurodivergent folks] question the hierarchy because it doesn't run automatically for [them]. Neurotypicals are shaped automatically, by childhood and their social environment. Hierarchies are modeled, noticed through cause and effect, and since everything happens subconsciously without conscious thought, it's adopted as one's own code. A neurotypical person adopts this and doesn't question whether it comes from them or from outside because it runs smoothly. Once the code is installed, it runs and is recognized as its own code and is no longer questioned.

"I am a NT person (probably) who developed ND traits because I found the world meaningless and without any logic. But I had to actively work on it.

"I had to ... examine myself. Why do I do what I do? It doesn't actually make sense. Ok where does this behaviour come from. Do I really want to be that way etc.?

"But the realization that I do things that are meaningless simply because they became part of my behavioral repertoire through conditioning was a real cognitive challenge."

Bravo. Dazzling. The human condition, in 200 words.

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