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  • That’s fair, and same when it comes to trying to explain behaviors evolutionarily (though some are definitely just random, too, since if a characteristic doesn’t actually directly cause an early death/fewer reproductive years, evolution will never affect it). Such guesses just get further from reality as they get more specific. So it would make sense and likely be accurate to say there is an evolutionary explanation for the behaviors that we demonstrate to divergent levels, but it becomes a bit more strained to say that that evolutionary explanation has to do with neurodivergent people being more closely connected to cats than neurotypical people.


  • Hereforpron2@lemmynsfw.comtoAutism@lemmy.world[Theory] Neurodivergences = cat brain?
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    Most behaviors in mammals can be seen in other mammals (and in even less related species). Don’t read too much into it.

    I’m an introvert and easily overstimulated, so I like:

    • sitting still and relaxing
    • soaking up some sun in a window seat
    • the sound of wind and silence
    • water

    Is my brain part tree? (No, these are just qualities/behaviors easy to find in another living thing, and my brain is searching for a pattern.)

    Interesting observation, but it’s a bit extreme and fantastical that some shared behaviors would suggest neurodivergent humans have an evolutionary link to cats.