Comments on: Insight into the theory of mind http://edwardwillett.com/2009/07/insight-into-the-theory-of-mind/ Canadian author of science fiction, fantasy and non-fiction for both adults and children. Mon, 14 May 2012 16:18:10 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Edward Willett http://edwardwillett.com/2009/07/insight-into-the-theory-of-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-1765 Edward Willett Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:48:34 +0000 http://edwardwillett.com/?p=9323#comment-1765 I suspect it's like most other human abilities: they aren't apportioned equally to all of us. Human beings, after all, are capable of running a mile in under four minutes, but that doesn't mean we can all run a mile in under four minutes (and I'm looking at myself, here...) I suspect it’s like most other human abilities: they aren’t apportioned equally to all of us. Human beings, after all, are capable of running a mile in under four minutes, but that doesn’t mean we can all run a mile in under four minutes (and I’m looking at myself, here…)

]]> By: Garth Spencer http://edwardwillett.com/2009/07/insight-into-the-theory-of-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-1764 Garth Spencer Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:02:44 +0000 http://edwardwillett.com/?p=9323#comment-1764 Dear Mr. Willett, The one problem I have with this "theory of mind" thing is that some of us are very poor at deducing what others are thinking or feeling. I am thinking of autistics, both as children and as adults. It doesn't take a very severe form of autism, or unusually uncommunicative or inconsistent people, to severely mitigate someone's employment and relationships. Dear Mr. Willett,

The one problem I have with this “theory of mind” thing is that some of us are very poor at deducing what others are thinking or feeling. I am thinking of autistics, both as children and as adults. It doesn’t take a very severe form of autism, or unusually uncommunicative or inconsistent people, to severely mitigate someone’s employment and relationships.

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