>>Labeling thinkers like Albert Einstein and Steve Jobs as "other" may be stifling humanity's creative potential.<< I am so fucking tired of this idea that the solution to the fact that people are different from each other and have different needs is pretending that isn't true. Like, I don't know how to make accessibility-by-options work when we're so bad at providing equal opportunity for multiple options, but that doesn't make it any more possible to use the exact same methods with every student, doesn't make it possible for a severe dog allergy and a person with a guide dog to not have problems, doesn't change the fact that people can't always manage in a space with lots of people. Doesn't change the fact that kids need to make noise and some can't tolerate it. We've gotta figure out a way to get humans to deal with the other without being awful, because "stuff everyone together and pretend that will work" is not workable.
Also the idea that people can be less smart is really hard to internalize, even though I know I'm very smart, it's funny.
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dancing_serpent
Intelligence is confusing
Date: 2021-07-01 10:43 pm (UTC)I am so fucking tired of this idea that the solution to the fact that people are different from each other and have different needs is pretending that isn't true. Like, I don't know how to make accessibility-by-options work when we're so bad at providing equal opportunity for multiple options, but that doesn't make it any more possible to use the exact same methods with every student, doesn't make it possible for a severe dog allergy and a person with a guide dog to not have problems, doesn't change the fact that people can't always manage in a space with lots of people. Doesn't change the fact that kids need to make noise and some can't tolerate it.
We've gotta figure out a way to get humans to deal with the other without being awful, because "stuff everyone together and pretend that will work" is not workable.
Also the idea that people can be less smart is really hard to internalize, even though I know I'm very smart, it's funny.