Autism and Judaism

This article describes a possible link between autism and Judaism and/or the Hebrew language. I make no serious claim about this connection. Rather, I mainly note it as a curious thing and I'm jotting it down for possible future thinking and discussion.

A frequent contrast in ancient thinking is between concrete and abstract language. Greeks are often referenced as the abstract thinkers while Ancient Hebrew is taken as a prototypically concrete language.

Some sources backing the above claim:

• Google search
• A History of Hebrew Part 17: Abstract and Concrete
  • Notice this is a highly rated YouTube video. At the time of writing it is 134 up: 5 down.
• Ancient Hebrew Research Center, The Philosophy of the Hebrew Language

Now, hear Jordan Peterson stating, referencing Granden's work, that this is a core element of autism:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxNg0xcadsM&feature=youtu.be&t=3m

I have to say, I'm familiar with both modes of thinking and I think they are both extremely useful in certain contexts.

A stereotyped example might be to say that business people can't avert their gaze from <a href="https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/288370">the shiny object before them to ponder the general patterns leading to and curing such issues, nor from a tree to see the forest, while academics scornfully dismiss the report of a particular event leading to a clear and present danger as a mere anecdote, even while its their own pants which are ablaze.