>>13104837Autists don’t really have a problem getting on with each other socially; they just have problems with NTs. I can’t find the chart now but basically their rapport with one another is >= the rapport of NTs with one another, and they rate each other highly on “would interact with again”, “trustworthy” etc even though NTs rate autists poorly and autists rate NTs poorly on those measures.
> aren't autists also antisocial and have empathy problems? With NTs. They’re basically genetic snobs. They can also learn to empathize with NTs if taught.
> Whats the distinction between autists and psychos In terms of empathy, autists are low in cognitive empathy towards NTs (they have a hard time understanding how they feel), but normal to high in affective empathy (if things are explained to them they will feel badly for someone suffering). Psychopaths are high in cognitive empathy (they can quickly figure out how someone is feeling and the social dynamics of a group), but low in affective empathy (they feel nothing watching someone get tortured to death and in many cases will torture animals and people for fun).
> and what makes them natural enemies?Since autists have trouble understanding social dynamics they can get fucked over really badly by psychopaths in groups of mostly NTs, ex. manipulate an autist into doing all of their work and taking credit for it while telling everyone that that autist actually does nothing. Conversely if the group is more autistic, they’ll more quickly “detect” and remove the psychopath since they’ll typically not take into account random slander about the psychopath’s target and have a far lower tolerance for dishonestly than an NT-heavy group.
I think some subconscious awareness of this is the cause of most “personality clashes” in groups — if not outright psychopath/autist then someone more towards the psychopathic end of the spectrum vs someone more towards the autistic side.
