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A human-accelerated neuron type potentially underlying autism in humans

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185 points ivewonyoung | 4 comments | 28 Sep 25 23:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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mikert89 ◴[29 Sep 25 00:24 UTC] No.45409274[source]▶
Pretty clear theres a tradeoff between social intelligence and other forms of intelligence
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dyauspitr ◴[29 Sep 25 00:44 UTC] No.45409381[source]▶
Einstein seemed to have absolutely no problems with his social life. Newton on the other hand lived and died alone, possibly a virgin.
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1. spookie ◴[29 Sep 25 01:19 UTC] No.45409561[source]▶
If anything, Newton was very well connected with other people and had extensive collaborations with them. He was very much social.

The fact he may have died a virgin says nothing about his social capabilities.

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2. bamboozled ◴[29 Sep 25 01:25 UTC] No.45409595[source]▶
Maybe he was gay in a time when being gay was a death sentence ? Which would be really sad.
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3. throwaway173738 ◴[29 Sep 25 05:08 UTC] No.45410491[source]▶
You can read his life history in some books. One that I’ve read says that he grew up essentially in foster care because his widowed mother remarried and continued to live mere miles away from him in the same town. She completely avoided all contact with him. You could imagine what that kind of rejection would do without having to invent his sexual orientation.
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4. bamboozled ◴[29 Sep 25 07:13 UTC] No.45411092{3}[source]▶
You're speculating just as much as I was? I never said "he was gay" I was just saying (like you) there are several others reasons he maybe didn't' marry outside of autism.

You actually make it sounds like what I said was derogatory?