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26 February 08
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On Other Modes of Thought

This is one of the most remarkable videos I have ever seen. Bear with it. The first 5 minutes shows an autistic person interacting with the world in her native state. The next 5 minutes gives her explanation via tele-text and computer-generated voice on translating her experience into verbal language. The result is one of the most profound meditation on the nature of thought that I have ever encountered:

src: wired.com

kk on 03/02 said:

this was awesome, thanks for sharing! Wow, I would not / could not have imagined what goes on inside an autistic mind, and your choice of words to label this as a meditation on the nature of human thought was right on!

steve guerrero on 03/19 said:

cool… If you haven’t read “Animals in Translation”, put it on your list. It will rock your world. The author, Temple Grandin, is an animal behaviorist and autistic person.