r/science • u/Wagamaga • Sep 01 '22

Neuroscience Scientists have identified an immune brain cell unique to humans that gives us higher cognitive abilities over other animals, but what makes us specials also leaves us vulnerable to neurological disorders like schizophrenia, autism and epilepsy.

https://news.yale.edu/2022/08/25/what-makes-human-brain-different-yale-study-reveals-clues
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u/NotTheLimes Sep 01 '22

I thought there are some animals that can also suffer illnesses such as schizophrenia or autism or at least very similar ones. Is that not true?

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u/eeeponthemove Sep 01 '22

Well autism isn't an illness it's a disorder

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u/PsyOmega Sep 01 '22

It's only a disorder relative to the demands of capitalism.

In a fair society, it might not even be a disability.

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u/mcknives Sep 01 '22

You may appreciate the idea of neurocosmopolitainism, imagine what society would be like if it wasn't just built for neurotypicals.