Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedAlison Gopnik: belief
17 Dec 2025 Conversations with Tyler Alison Gopnik on Childhood Learning, AI as a Cultural Technology, and Rethinking Nature vs. Nurture
“I guess that’s what dropsy was about, but it didn’t actually track something that was going on in the external world about what was going on inside of that person. I think that’s the situation with autism as well.”
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- Alison Gopnik
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- 17 Dec 2025
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…Diagnosis of autism doesn’t pick up or reflect anything? It’s like dropsy. Diagnosis of dropsy in the 19th century was picking up something, which is that the person had swelling in their legs. I guess that’s what dropsy was about, but it didn’t actually track something that was going on in the external world about what was going on inside of that person. I think that’s the situation with autism as well. How do you understand ADHD?…
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