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Do they just think about the same fuckin' thing forever? (lemmy.world)

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[-] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

No, their thoughts terminate at the natural end point and neurodivergent people’s brains do not seem to do this.

[-] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 4 days ago

seemingly random arbitrary endpoints**

Its also different from person to person, let alone any notion of what's typical

fixed it for you.

[-] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

Typicality can be demonstrated through commonality

[-] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 days ago

You'll find an average, median, or "common range", and good luck hammering out your criteria. Even self-reporting would likely get you varying results from the same person by their categories of interest.

[-] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

Yes, we would expect a range and where it is most concentrated would be where we find the most typical people. That is how ranges like this work.

[-] Zorsith 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

This implies an endpoint to a thought process, that cant be right.

Edit: oh god we're all recursive with unknown exit conditions

[-] shneancy@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

as i child i used to play a mind game with myself when i was bored. i'd think of two random things and try to find a string of associations that connect the two. i was born being a nerd, playing the wikipedia game before i knew how to read

my thoughts simply do not stop

[-] brian@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago

My game was sorta the opposite. After letting my mind wander for an undetermined amount of time, I would try and backtrack as far back as I could. I didn't usually make it back more than a few steps, but finding that "first" thought was always satisfying.

[-] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 4 days ago

I have this wonderful habit of coming to a satisfactory conclusion, only to find I've forgotten what the topic I was contemplating was. 10/10, awesome way to live life.