No, even more accurately, we observe the world on two separate scales. Autistic individuals cannot, and will not process their own present observations, until a reference point is given. At this point, the person will automatically seek out the nearest external reference, another human or machine as the strongest preference, and attempt to reason their own observations. The observation of another is then taken, and automatically assumed by the individual, as absolute truth, or 0 Cuil, whether or not the other person thinks so as well. From this point forward, the individual will take additional information, and attempt to make their current viewpoint more accurate to any others. They have no base reference point of their own, they will continue to accept external influence wholly and completely, as if the whole goddamn world was just one giant logical reason.
From the aspie perspective:
At 1‽ — 1‽ was never observed, a human showed up, and offered one that did. The first observation becomes 0, and the second becomes 1. Processing can begin. There is a tree outside your window, with it's branches covered in green leaves, swaying in the breeze.
0‽ - The human offered his observation that there is a tree outside your window, with it's branches covered in green leaves, swaying in the breeze.
-1‽ - The leaves are of an incredibly vibrant green, so much that it may even seem painful to your eyes. Painfully, and beautifully green. Its branches numbered as exponents superimposed across your normal vision, counting the number of first branches, second, third, and going on to sixth. These were nonsensical to your presently simple mind, they danced amusingly over your eyes, without any apparent meaning.
-2‽(Further reinforced, a few more humans give their observation) - You can no longer focus on the leaves, their color so bright and intense, that you start to wonder why the others could see them. Maybe this is a new shade of green that only you can perceive, super-green? The numbers showed across your eyes more clearly, you can understand them now, there are exactly 127859 branches on the tree, and that number will increase by 12 within one year. Off in the distance, a radio can be heard; it sounds close, but actually sits three miles down the road on it's minimum volume. The first human never heard this radio, but you assume he did, because his observation was considered true, and so were the others. As the second person said that his clothes were uncomfortably dry; cotton according to the tag that you saw, yours suddenly became uncomfortable as well. They SHOULD be uncomfortable, as they are also made of cotton. The wind in the tree branches can now be seen as a mathematical Vector; like the ones you learned in algebra and science, you can now trace the path of the wind, based on how it weaves through the branches and leaves, on how it moves them, the amount of force, even its direction are yours to peruse.
Sam (guest) 05 Feb 2009 04:21
