On 7/10/05, Timwi <timwi(a)gmx.net> wrote:
Skyring wrote:
Someone was talking about EQ, which I've since forgotten whether it
stands for Emotion or Empathy.
Empathisation. Its complement is systematisation.
I've looked around on Wikipedia and it seems that the concept isn't as
well-known or widespread as I thought it was: Wikipedia doesn't cover it.
Thanks for that. Very well put.
I've been thinking of that autistic chap from Rain Man recently
(mainly when grappling with one of those fiendish [[Sudoku]] puzzles).
He'd be a great editor if left to his own devices, but as soon as
someone corrected him, uh-oh!
I don't think any of us are at either extreme of the bell-curve, but I
have a feeling that in the case of WP, the mean might be skewed.
--
Pete, standard deviant