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- I was in OwenTurtendwald's stream and I was curious about his IQ, so I asked him about his IQ. This lead to a conversation about IQ between myself and some of the participants, initiated by others. My messages are deleted in the below post so you'd have to find the log of the debate in order to see precisely what I said. I thought at no point was I abusive to others and I wasn't feeling aggressive. I was just being me, which has cognitive variation from the mean of our species. When the various people in the channel would question my ideas or attack me, I only defended myself with moderation by describing accurately what I thought they were doing, which people often strongly dislike, as it indicates cognitive dissimilarity (and perhaps we don't admire how we act). Upon banning me, Owen stated that "he didn't really know what I was doing", a direct statement of lack of knowledge, but that he "wanted me to never come back", which is an aggressive, long-term response to what was me defending myself, largely, against multiple personal attacks from different individuals. Which is to say, it is not an action of high empathy, and I felt otherized.
- As somebody interested in neuroscience and sociology, I pointed out in chat, and I bring up here, that saying such a like Owen did shows insensitivity to a person based on an important part of their identity, and is similar or equivalent (in some paradigms of sociological analysis) to banning somebody for expressing their gender, e.g. and saying "I don't really know what that person was doing...but go away and never come back". Most people aren't ready to hear that, as most of us, the data shows, are roughly acting out the morality our society gives us and gender, sexuality, and religion are broadly understood as protected aspects of a person's identity, whereas cognitive variation is less so.
- I think the primary defense Owen would give of himself, which he voiced when he said "I don't really know what he's doing, but it seemed aggressive". For whomever is reading this, that is the classic sentiment for the majority groups interacting with a less well-understood and perhaps less well-liked subgroup, e.g. racial or sexual groups. I would agree with Owen there was conflict in the chat -- that is empirical -- but he expressed no concerned with the about seven or more different individuals personally attacking me, e.g. "PrimeRealLeviPospichal: @jaysonsunshine what is your IQ and then what level is your social awareness?" because that is 'normal', while my behavior is 'not normal'. There actions are perceived as defensive (of the unstated cognitive norms of the community) whereas my behavior is perceived as disruptive (even though there's one of me only ever posting to somebody once they post to me). Imagine a single black-man pushing back surrounded by 7 white-men pushing him in 1950s America and thinking "I don't know what that person is doing, but they seem aggressive".
- Anybody who reads this and feels differently than me, feel free to reach out to discuss with me or express your viewpoints.
- Thank you, JaysonSunshine
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