Kevin Simler

I’d be more interested in hearing your response to the inverse of this question. Does that count?

sure, but what’s the inverse of the question?

I read most articles backwards, starting at the last paragraph. But I half suspect this is actually common.

uh... that’s actually v surprising to me! what prompts you to read forwards vs backwards? does it depend on the kind of article?

I think I have adhd. I don’t know about the cognitive diversity questions. I don’t think it’s possible to know others’ cognitive states except in a statistical sense, and I don’t know the research on that.

Are there other people whose minds seem alien to you in a way you appreciate?

I have one of the most masculine brains in a female body that I know, and I 100% identify as female and always have (which isn’t true of most of the masculine-thinking women I know). I end up as a mediator between gendered cognitive styles a bunch and that’s cool.

can you articulate the ways you have a “masculine” brain?

Feel as though I can choose emotion required to achieve optimal outcome 99%. For example, only anger I’ve ever exhibited was to achieve desired outcome. Long wondered why someone would choose an emotion that didn’t serve them. Other quirks: