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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 43 points 3 months ago (2 children)

One wonders how it manifested itself before ships were invented, or in the ancestral hunter-gatherer environment. Surely there must have been autistic nomads.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 87 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Shamans.

"Look, he said he knows where all the fruit bearing trees in this forest are. Not a lot of them, all of them. He pointed out a squirrel the other day and told it he was glad to see that it made it through the winter. I don't know how he does it, but if he says we have to move because the squirrels are starting to move to new trees, who am I to argue? We move."

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 45 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This feels spot on.

Add star constellations and telling immersive stories while guarding the fire at night to the list.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Don't forget putting entirely too much effort into building contraptions with sticks, clay, wood, rope, etc. Somebody had to invent the forge bellows.

[–] fairchild@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This feels so true. Modern day version maybe. It's been a journey to understand and accept.

[–] skye@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

probably witnessing mammoths or other animals return to their nest.

However I don't think the happiness would last long