Comments by "Muizz" (@muizzy) on "Mark Rober" channel.

  1. This is the explanation I use for adults: When you're a child, your brain has one job; to be a sponge. It is specifically wired so that you take in as much information as possible and store it somewhere. This is achieved by specialized neurons, which will decay over time, leaving the brain more "rigid". Autism is a condition where this decay stops or slows prematurely, leaving the brain in a sponge-like state. As a result, people with autism suck up information around them in the same way a sponge sucks up water; it's an involuntary reflex that can't be helped. Most of the behaviours you've maybe seen from autists stem from an attempt to manage this influx of information.
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  2. Cool video, but do feel a little cheated by the smaller sizes. If it doesn't fire, it doesn't count as a nerf gun imo.
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  3. I picked up on nose > hat > ear. How did the network eliminate the nose? Does it have a bias toward 2-long signs? EDIT: Answered in the video, I suppose :P
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  4. The explanation I use (for adults) to explain what autism is, is this: When you're a child, your brain has one job; to be a sponge. It is specifically wired so that you take in as much information as possible and store it somewhere. This is achieved by specialized neurons, which will decay over time, leaving the brain more "rigid". Autism is a condition where this decay stops or slows prematurely, leaving the brain in a sponge-like state. As a result, people with autism suck up information around them in the same way a sponge sucks up water; it's an involuntary reflex that can't be helped. Most of the behaviours you've maybe seen from autists stem from an attempt to manage this influx of information.
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