K.J. Elphinstone on Nostr: Autistic participants were more likely than non-autistic participants to say Sally ...

Autistic participants were more likely than non-autistic participants to say Sally was to blame, despite her good intentions.

This was interpreted as evidence of faulty moral reasoning or reduced empathy.

But that conclusion rests on three errors of logic built into the task itself, and not on evidence that autistic people care less about others.

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