Cambridge researchers studying cognition, behaviour and the brain have concluded that people with dyslexia are specialised to explore the unknown. This is likely to play a fundamental role in human adaptation to changing environments.
They think this 'explorative bias' has an evolutionary basis and plays a crucial role in our survival.
Based on these findings − which were apparent across multiple domains from visual processing to memory and at all levels of analysis − the researchers argue that we need to change our perspective of dyslexia as a neurological disorder.
[...] "The deficit-centred view of dyslexia isn't telling the whole story," said Taylor. "This research proposes a new framework to help us better understand the cognitive strengths of people with dyslexia."
She added: "We believe that the areas of difficulty experienced by people with dyslexia result from a cognitive trade-off between exploration of new information and exploitation of existing knowledge, with the upside being an explorative bias that could explain enhanced abilities observed in certain realms like discovery, invention and creativity."
[...] The new findings are explained in the context of 'Complementary Cognition', a theory proposing that our ancestors evolved to specialise in different, but complementary, ways of thinking, which enhances human's ability to adapt through collaboration.
These cognitive specialisations are rooted in a well-known trade-off between exploration of new information and exploitation of existing knowledge. For example, if you eat all the food you have, you risk starvation when it's all gone. But if you spend all your time exploring for food, you're wasting energy you don't need to waste. As in any complex system, we must ensure we balance our need to exploit known resources and explore new resources to survive.
"Striking the balance between exploring for new opportunities and exploiting the benefits of a particular choice is key to adaptation and survival and underpins many of the decisions we make in our daily lives," said Taylor.
Journal Reference:
Taylor, H. and Vestergaard M. D: Developmental Dyslexia: Disorder or Specialization in Exploration? [open] Frontiers in Psychology (June 2022). DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.889245
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 28 2022, @03:45PM (4 children)
Evolution is a product of selection from randomness. It's a sort of guided random walk. The idea that a particular feature/defect/attribute is part of some sort of scheme isn't necessarily wrong, given that tolerance of some deviation in a given population could be part of a local maximum but to use language suggesting any element of deliberation is highly misleading.
To put it another way: emergent qualities are not a consequence of intention and should not be presented in that way.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 28 2022, @05:04PM
You are absolutely correct.
Also, in this case, I don't think the article fell into that trap. My read of the article finds references to the species adapting to changing environments via specialization of individuals; this does not imply intention, it only describes the result of the evolutionary process. The article also explains why this specialization is successful, without any suggestion that the result was chosen by the individuals.
I think they're in the clear on this one.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 28 2022, @05:50PM (2 children)
One can argue that random mutation and natural selection were part of the original design. In fact, IIRC, the idea was around before Darwin.
Edward Blyth, a creationist, discussed the idea before Darwin and Darwin even credits Blyth in his book on the origin of species
https://www.icr.org/article/natural-selection-creationists-idea/ [icr.org]
(though Wallace, who wasn't a Christian but seems to have believed in some form of spiritualism, may have also inspired Blyth).
"emergent qualities are not a consequence of intention and should not be presented in that way"
Perhaps the universe itself and all of its qualities was a consequence of intention.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 28 2022, @08:51PM (1 child)
If God is omniscient in a deterministic universe, the future is set and there's no free choice.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 29 2022, @05:59PM
The past is set yet doesn't violate your free will.
(Score: 0, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 28 2022, @07:05PM (2 children)
Sounds like BS to me. The last I checked there were lots of human explorers who didn't have problems reading and writing. Lots of scientists who explored the unknown didn't have dyslexia either.
And in most of history humans didn't need that many explorers of the unknown. They needed more hunters, gatherers, and later farmers.
I don't see any reason why those with dyslexia would be significantly better at exploring the unknown. Or are the dyslexic more likely to get lost? ;)
Also there are different types of dyslexia: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/its-all-chinese-to-me-dyslexia-has-big-differences-in-english-and-chinese/ [scientificamerican.com]
https://www.nature.com/articles/news040830-5 [nature.com]
You know what really significantly influences exploration of all sorts of stuff? Testosterone, not dyslexia. Women seem to need a lot of encouragement (e.g. to do science and tech, etc). Whereas guys are the ones who more often need to be discouraged from doing stuff. Like prison sentences, etc. Just look at various "awesome" and "fail" youtube videos - far more guys are trying to do crazy stupid dangerous stuff that nobody has done before (and maybe nobody should do again ;) ).
Why? Because for the human species the males are far more expendable than the females. You don't need as many males to maintain a certain population of humans. So if many guys die trying dangerous/new stuff, it's no big deal. And if they survive, their genes might have something worth contributing (stronger bones, joints; better coordination, healing, reflexes, etc). And if they survive and discover something/somewhere useful then the rest of the tribe benefits.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Magic Oddball on Wednesday June 29 2022, @12:20AM (1 child)
Growing up, girls still come under a lot of pressure to be cooperative rather than competitive, nurturing rather than bold, and still tend to get more positive attention from adults for being "cute" by playing with traditionally feminine toys. (I've seen it firsthand with my nieces, plus experienced it as a girl myself.) Boys still tend to be encouraged to be competitive rather than cooperative, bold rather than nurturing, and the toys they get the most positive feedback for playing with tend to match that. Also, let's not forget the growing trend in society to regard anyone who doesn't adhere to those sex/gender stereotypes as being "non-binary" rather than a member of their actual sex.
There's also that when somebody goes to participate in an activity and sees that everyone else present is visibly different from them, the person is extremely likely to feel that they don't belong there and leave. (Had that happen to me in high school when I checked out the chess/games/computer club: room full of boys who all appeared to already be best buddies on the first day, and one gave me a look that made it clear I was intruding by even opening the door.) Then we go online only to find more of the same plus worse, and we've obviously all seen the ongoing complaints about sexism in IT/CS departments in college as well as the workplace that drive women away.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by crotherm on Wednesday June 29 2022, @05:29PM
I have heard that about it at schools, but where I went, women were a welcome sight because of the scarcity, at least by me. The Engineering/CS buildings were at the bottom of a hill that held the rest of the campus and normal university life.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday June 28 2022, @07:56PM (3 children)
Monocultures drool.
Given the choice between a team of 100,000 Einsteins, or 100,000 diverse scientists of varying abilities (including at least a few at Einstein's level) which do you think would be the better general purpose problem solving team?
🌻🌻 [google.com]
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 28 2022, @10:08PM (1 child)
The Einsteins, the diverse team wouldn't get anything done. WWII nearly went to a monoculture, and probably would if Hitler hadn't made a few significant strategic blunders.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 29 2022, @12:10PM
1. tens of thousands of einsteins have been in charge of string theory for some 40 years, and no real progress has been made in our understanding of quantum physics or general relativity.
2. hitler wasn't in charge of thousands of einsteins, he was nominally aiming for "genetic purity" (whatever he thought that meant, anyway). but the army, industry and everyone else under his command were made from men and women of all intelligence levels.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 29 2022, @05:55AM
I think nature already solved this problem. (clue: how many Einsteins are there?)
(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 30 2022, @12:38AM
Your signature's YOUR UNDOING:
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss hosts files"
You must be a NO-MIND: Especially as I SHOT YOU DOWN discussing hosts making YOU the SMALLEST NO MIND since I easily tore you apart with FACTS (i.e./e.g. - Paralyzing botnets is EASY if you have the C2 & other servers it uses information - FACT & why security articles post Indicators of Compromise (IOC)).
---
Dalek EXTERMINATED by APK (again)!
No small wonder he got rid of his OLD SIGNATURE of "exterminate", lol - especially after ALL of the below FACTS:
FACT: Hosts work vs. Symbiote C2 server(s) per this line from a MUCH better article than the one used here from bradley13 per "configuration in the binary that used the git[.]bancodobrasil[.]dev domain as its C2 server" from https://www.intezer.com/blog/research/new-linux-threat-symbiote/ [intezer.com]
& did I block that in my original posts here https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=49835&page=1&cid=1253504#commentwrap [soylentnews.org] on this BOGUS sockpuppet upmodding yourselves shithole website (which also noted FIREWALLS are invaluable here too, per wildcards (or even IP address use, URL domain/subdomain too in many as well))?
YES I DID! I was correct!
FACT: hosts files block symbiote C2 servers which is all you really need to do to nullify their communication.
FACT: Exfiltration isn't possible without orders either.
FACT: Orders come from C2 servers!
And what did you say to ME hypocrite?
I showed real results doctors had on video stating it themselves.
YET All you do is cite MSM VERY FAKE NEWS!
Proven TONS of times to be so in fact along with their "fact checkers" !
I put up what PHD and MDs by the truckload literally let us see (not just YOUR MSM "russia, Russia, RUSSIA" disproven in COURTS vs. Trump very fake news)?
Do as I say not as I do right dalek?
You are a hypocrite BS artist that CONTRADICTS himself!
More from your losing attempt @ DEBATING me (you = IGNORANT FOOL in this area of genetics & TOTALLY undereducated in it - whereas by COMPARISON I am not):
THIS IS ALL ABOUT GENETICS!
WHAT IS mRNA after all?
ANSWER = A part of protein synthesis involving mRNA, tRNA, & rRNA for the creation of DNA!
IF RNA single helix strands JOIN improperly into a NEW double-helix DNA (via Guanine, Adenine, Cytosine & Thymine) it creates ERRORS (cancer is 1 possible bad one, mutations another etc.)
See NHEJ below.
dalek - have you taken any genetics coursework?
I have & got A's (as my science elective requirement during my CS degreework)!
1st of all, TONS of vaccines have used poisonous Graphene oxide (or dioxide) as ADJUVANTS over time.
Secondly: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY EXPERT Dr. Young SHOWS POISONOUS GRAPHENE IN VACCINES ALSO:
https://www.brighteon.com/9e58bf44-05e7-4b71-97e5-b243f6cf890c [brighteon.com]
&
https://www.brighteon.com/9fbd7735-b49d-4e31-a146-f67d7eb54d75 [brighteon.com]
GRAPHENE OXIDE's in Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) + AstraZeneca:
https://www.brighteon.com/6d8fcfd7-4811-4e64-90c9-bd5585b59ff5 [brighteon.com]
&
A major cause of myocarditis, clotting, CANCER MALIGNANCY etc.? That's right: GRAPHENE OXIDE.
Graphene Oxide Promotes Cancer Metastasis https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877027/ [nih.gov]
An Israeli study PROVES that the NHEJ (non-homologous end joining) mechanism in your cells is DAMAGED by SPIKE PROTEINS in the death vax & IT IS LINKED TO CANCER per https://naturalnews.com/2021-11-02-covid-vaccines-inhibit-dna-repair-cause-cancer.html [naturalnews.com]
All FROM my +5 upmodded post on COVID killshots (which they HAVE proven to be on TONS of levels) https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=46034&page=1&cid=1197563#commentwrap [soylentnews.org]
LOL: Well, there's the BS you state WHERE YOU ATTACKED ME only to DESTROY YOURSELF for me - thank you, lol!
HOW IRONIC!
(Dalek "EXTERMINATED" not only by FACTS from experts in microscopy, but DALEK'S own WORDS he has to EAT, lol!)
NOW THE "ICING ON THE CAKE" EXPOSING YOU, sockpuppeteer UPMODDING YOURSELF obviously + downmod bombing scumbag - RIGHT FROM YOU once more:
* THANKS FOR SHOWING US YOUR "MODUS OPERANDI" SOCKPUPPETEER troll! Fakename & all for a FAKE like you!
APK
P.S.=> THIS? This was just "too, Too, TOO EASY - just '2ez'" & it always IS vs. hypocrites like you, fakename... apk
(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 30 2022, @05:12AM
Dalek Your signature's YOUR UNDOING! Dalek EXTERMINATED by APK (again)! No small wonder he got rid of his OLD SIGNATURE of "exterminate", lol - especially after ALL of the below FACTS:
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss hosts files"
Then obviously You're an ALL-TALK mere CHATTERING do-NOTHING & no viable solution offering NO-MIND since I SHOT YOU DOWN discussing hosts as I easily tore you apart w/ FACTS (i.e./e.g. - Paralyzing botnets is EASY if you have the C2 & other servers it uses information - FACT & why security articles post Indicators of Compromise (IOC)).
---
FACT: Hosts work vs. Symbiote C2 server(s) per this line from a MUCH better article than the one used here from bradley13 per "configuration in the binary that used the git[.]bancodobrasil[.]dev domain as its C2 server" from https://www.intezer.com/blog/research/new-linux-threat-symbiote/ [intezer.com]
& did I block that in my original posts here https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=49835&page=1&cid=1253504#commentwrap [soylentnews.org] on this BOGUS sockpuppet upmodding yourselves shithole website (which also noted FIREWALLS are invaluable here too, per wildcards (or even IP address use, URL domain/subdomain too in many as well))?
YES I DID! I was correct!
FACT: hosts files block symbiote C2 servers which is all you really need to do to nullify their communication.
FACT: Exfiltration isn't possible without orders either.
FACT: Orders come from C2 servers!
And what did you say to ME hypocrite?
I showed real results doctors had on video stating it themselves.
YET All you do is cite MSM VERY FAKE NEWS!
Proven TONS of times to be so in fact along with their "fact checkers" !
I put up what PHD and MDs by the truckload literally let us see (not just YOUR MSM "russia, Russia, RUSSIA" disproven in COURTS vs. Trump very fake news)?
Do as I say not as I do right dalek?
You are a hypocrite BS artist that CONTRADICTS himself!
More from your losing attempt @ DEBATING me (you = IGNORANT FOOL in this area of genetics & TOTALLY undereducated in it - whereas by COMPARISON I am not):
THIS IS ALL ABOUT GENETICS!
WHAT IS mRNA after all?
ANSWER = A part of protein synthesis involving mRNA, tRNA, & rRNA for the creation of DNA!
IF RNA single helix strands JOIN improperly into a NEW double-helix DNA (via Guanine, Adenine, Cytosine & Thymine) it creates ERRORS (cancer is 1 possible bad one, mutations another etc.)
See NHEJ below.
dalek - have you taken any genetics coursework?
I have & got A's (as my science elective requirement during my CS degreework)!
1st of all, TONS of vaccines have used poisonous Graphene oxide (or dioxide) as ADJUVANTS over time.
Secondly: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY EXPERT Dr. Young SHOWS POISONOUS GRAPHENE IN VACCINES ALSO:
https://www.brighteon.com/9e58bf44-05e7-4b71-97e5-b243f6cf890c [brighteon.com]
&
https://www.brighteon.com/9fbd7735-b49d-4e31-a146-f67d7eb54d75 [brighteon.com]
GRAPHENE OXIDE's in Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) + AstraZeneca:
https://www.brighteon.com/6d8fcfd7-4811-4e64-90c9-bd5585b59ff5 [brighteon.com]
&
A major cause of myocarditis, clotting, CANCER MALIGNANCY etc.? That's right: GRAPHENE OXIDE.
Graphene Oxide Promotes Cancer Metastasis https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877027/ [nih.gov]
An Israeli study PROVES that the NHEJ (non-homologous end joining) mechanism in your cells is DAMAGED by SPIKE PROTEINS in the death vax & IT IS LINKED TO CANCER per https://naturalnews.com/2021-11-02-covid-vaccines-inhibit-dna-repair-cause-cancer.html [naturalnews.com]
All FROM my +5 upmodded post on COVID killshots (which they HAVE proven to be on TONS of levels) https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=46034&page=1&cid=1197563#commentwrap [soylentnews.org]
YOU ATTACK ME FIRST? I annihilate you with FACTS that make you EAT YOUR WORDS you SMARMY little bitch!
PUBLICLY HUMILIATING YOU!
Fact is, ABOVE here in this post's the BS you state I quote above WHERE YOU ATTACKED ME 1st only to DESTROY YOURSELF for me - thank you, lol!
HOW IRONIC!
(Dalek "EXTERMINATED" not only by FACTS from experts in microscopy, but DALEK'S own WORDS he has to EAT, lol!)
NOW THE "ICING ON THE CAKE" EXPOSING YOU, sockpuppeteer UPMODDING YOURSELF obviously + downmod bombing scumbag - RIGHT FROM YOU once more:
* THANKS FOR SHOWING US YOUR "MODUS OPERANDI" SOCKPUPPETEER troll! Fakename & all for a FAKE like you!
APK
P.S.=> THIS? This was just "too, Too, TOO EASY - just '2ez'" & it always IS vs. hypocrites like you, fakename... apk