Literalism and Autism

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I'll ask again, what does autism have to do with to do with this subject?

Uhm, because one aspect of people on the spectrum is that they’re prone to systemizing, which leads them to have trouble interpreting non-literal expressions.

It seems that something similar to such systemized way of thinking are fairly common here as well, though perhaps independent of being on the spectrum.

I’m trying to figure out why that is. One possibility is that I’m from the East, and there and noted differences in how westerners and easterners think, the later tend to take a more holistic approach to thinking, while the former tends to take a more rule based on approach.