Board index › Topical Discussion › Politics, Philosophy, and Religion

PPR, Autism and the Joy of Debate

Page 1 of 1 [ 16 posts ] 

Previous topic | Next topic

ruennsheng
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 4 Feb 2009
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,523
Location: Singapore

30 Jun 2011, 7:09 am

I enjoy the PPR forum in WrongPlanet, for a variety of reasons.

First of all, PPR really stretches my reasoning skills and keeps us happily involved in debate. This seems to show that those who have ASD, and/or are concerned with matters involving ASD people, are really into thought and arguments, which sharpen our thinking. Many forums try to emulate this, but without much success as PPR, where most feel enlightened or that the points are well argued.

Secondly, such intense debates do keep us happy, because we get to know different views from different people.

Thirdly, it shows that ASDs (and their stakeholders, though mostly people with ASDs) that autism is not a disease, and it doesn't stop people from doing their best in debating and thinking deep. Many of us can do self-help. Instead, autism should be seen as something that helps people better understand their abilities, and contribute to the wider global community even more.


_________________
Ex amicitia vita


leejosepho
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 14 Sep 2009
Gender: Male
Posts: 9,011
Location: 200 miles south of Little Rock

30 Jun 2011, 7:23 am

ruennsheng wrote:
... PPR really stretches my reasoning skills ...

Along that particular line, I have learned more here than anywhere else ever.


_________________
I began looking for someone like me when I was five ...
My search ended at 59 ... right here on WrongPlanet.
==================================


ruennsheng
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 4 Feb 2009
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,523
Location: Singapore

30 Jun 2011, 7:39 am

Indeed, somehow I get more vibrant and vigorous discussions here than elsewhere, from more posters, for some reason or another.


_________________
Ex amicitia vita


ruveyn
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 21 Sep 2008
Age: 88
Gender: Male
Posts: 31,502
Location: New Jersey

30 Jun 2011, 7:54 am

ruennsheng wrote:
I enjoy the PPR forum in WrongPlanet, for a variety of reasons.

First of all, PPR really stretches my reasoning skills and keeps us happily involved in debate. This seems to show that those who have ASD, and/or are concerned with matters involving ASD people, are really into thought and arguments, which sharpen our thinking. Many forums try to emulate this, but without much success as PPR, where most feel enlightened or that the points are well argued.

Secondly, such intense debates do keep us happy, because we get to know different views from different people.

Thirdly, it shows that ASDs (and their stakeholders, though mostly people with ASDs) that autism is not a disease, and it doesn't stop people from doing their best in debating and thinking deep. Many of us can do self-help. Instead, autism should be seen as something that helps people better understand their abilities, and contribute to the wider global community even more.


Debate or discussion?

ruveyn



ruennsheng
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 4 Feb 2009
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,523
Location: Singapore

30 Jun 2011, 7:55 am

Both applies.

This is the part that I enjoy the most in this forum - we learn :)


_________________
Ex amicitia vita


ruveyn
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 21 Sep 2008
Age: 88
Gender: Male
Posts: 31,502
Location: New Jersey

30 Jun 2011, 8:06 am

It is a debate when I try to change your mind. It is a discussion when I explain why I think what I think

ruveyn



ruennsheng
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 4 Feb 2009
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,523
Location: Singapore

30 Jun 2011, 8:43 am

You made a good point.


_________________
Ex amicitia vita


YippySkippy
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 26 Feb 2011
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Posts: 3,986

30 Jun 2011, 9:17 am

Posting here keeps me from losing all my Facebook friends.
I can only handle the fluff there by counterbalancing it here.



ruennsheng
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 4 Feb 2009
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,523
Location: Singapore

30 Jun 2011, 7:21 pm

(Smiles) Try to post PPR content on a blog, no one will care.

Try to post PPR on FB, everyone will not be friends anymore.

But the vigor and rigor here is balanced with respect and humility in almost all participants, to discuss and to learn.


_________________
Ex amicitia vita


HerrGrimm
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 18 Mar 2011
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Posts: 987
Location: United States

30 Jun 2011, 8:34 pm

Yes, one can only wonder what would happen if I had to say all the things I did here to someone in person :D


_________________
"You just like to go around rebuking people with your ravenous wolf face and snarling commentary." - Ragtime


ruennsheng
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 4 Feb 2009
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,523
Location: Singapore

30 Jun 2011, 10:15 pm

He will either say, 'you're too like blogger XX' or that 'are you saying I am too shallow?'


_________________
Ex amicitia vita


jrjones9933
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 13 May 2011
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Posts: 13,144
Location: The end of the northwest passage

30 Jun 2011, 10:20 pm

This crowd does keep it at a higher level than I've seen elsewhere, also we have a more diverse group in terms of age, political orientation, and nationality.


_________________
"I find that the best way [to increase self-confidence] is to lie to yourself about who you are, what you've done, and where you're going." - Richard Ayoade


chrissyrun
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 23 Oct 2010
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Posts: 13,788
Location: Hell :)

30 Jun 2011, 11:03 pm

It's fun, and then it's not.

It's fun when the people are respectful and listen to your argument
It's not when you are the only one who holds a viewpoint and are creamed



Dox47
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 28 Jan 2008
Gender: Male
Posts: 13,670
Location: Seattle-ish

30 Jun 2011, 11:19 pm

chrissyrun wrote:
It's fun, and then it's not.

It's fun when the people are respectful and listen to your argument
It's not when you are the only one who holds a viewpoint and are creamed


That's the best part! Bad arguments are bad arguments, and nothing sharpens your logic and rhetoric quicker than beating off a horde of them at the same time. If you think you're getting creamed, perhaps you need to take either your viewpoint or how you present it back to the drawing board for retooling, that's how it's supposed to work anyway.


_________________
Your boos mean nothing, I've seen what makes you cheer.

- Rick Sanchez


Master_Pedant
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 14 Mar 2009
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Posts: 4,903

30 Jun 2011, 11:34 pm

Dox47 wrote:
chrissyrun wrote:
It's fun, and then it's not.

It's fun when the people are respectful and listen to your argument
It's not when you are the only one who holds a viewpoint and are creamed


That's the best part! Bad arguments are bad arguments, and nothing sharpens your logic and rhetoric quicker than beating off a horde of them at the same time. If you think you're getting creamed, perhaps you need to take either your viewpoint or how you present it back to the drawing board for retooling, that's how it's supposed to work anyway.


+1


_________________
http://www.voterocky.org/


ruennsheng
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 4 Feb 2009
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,523
Location: Singapore

01 Jul 2011, 1:08 am

+2, and I am proud of this forum


_________________
Ex amicitia vita