S. Baron-Cohen, The Essential Difference

[e_calcarata]

Men, Women and the Extreme Male Brain

"Men systemize, women empathize". Statistically, that is. The blurb said the book was controversial, but I found it almost unbearably politically correct.

Interesting tests in appendices.

"Reading the mind in the eyes" - scored 18 out of 36, well below average range, which was 22 to 33. However, the eyes

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[tea_cantata]

I took those tests a while ago, and my scores were embarrassingly far along the autism spectrum. Unsurprising, really.

[e_calcarata]

Well, it is surprising since I do not perceive you as a pathologically unsociable person, on the contrary:-)

I seem to be safely outside autistic indices, even though I have never been able to see the point of small talk. But this can probably be attributed to my barbarian background:-)

Talking of social activities, any singing coming up?