Lit circles meeting response #4

            In these chapters Temple Grandin discusses why she does not have the capability to think if you go by the standards of many scientists because she thinks in pictures instead of words.  She also talks about how many animals think in the same way she does, creating a possible link between animals and autistic people.  She also talks about the links between famous geniuses and autism.  At the end she discusses religion and how she believes in God, but feels she needs a logical reason to believe in it, and cannot believe in religion just for the sake of believing.

            “For me, searching for the meaning of life has always been an intellectual activity driven by anxiety and fear.  Deep emotional relationships are secondary” (Grandin 212).

            This quote shows again how Grandin’s emotions break the norm.  Most people are more concerned with relationships and are driven more by emotions like love, rather than fear.  This definitely goes against the status quo for most people, or at least for how I see things.  In a philosophy class I’m currently taking I’ve discovered that I definitely place an emphasis on the connections you make with people in your life, vs. thinking through it logically.  Part of this is because Grandin thinks in a different way due to her autism, but she definitely doesn’t think the same way as everyone else with autism.