In my current thinking/writing I have been exploring ideas behind quantum social theory, for example the potential of an entropic society. Here, such a society exhibits a default (temporal) tendency toward disorder. Entropy increases unless society works to reduce it. Why? Because, from a quantum super-positional perspective on a society of individuals, there is an infinite potential for interference through quantum interdependency: there is an indeterminate potentiality to disorder, with only a limited number of determinable, observable events that may signify order.
Statistically, unless we invest in reducing the range of interdependencies and thus work to reduce the indeterminacy of state changes and/or interferences, by implementing (social) negentropic constraints, we will experience emergent disorder. Such constraints, including our social institutions, laws, ethics and morals, are designed to increase the probability that a given/anticipated/expected/desired state change within society may be observable. This is society’s desire for normativity.
Yet, as I think on these lines, I begin to see the potential of the autistic mind and its consciousness as a radical free agent unbound to the idea of negentropic normativity. This, to my mind is a positive prospect: autism’s value to society. Society needs its free radicals to prevent excessive negentropy. By attention to the radical free agents of society, we can be reminded that social normativity cannot rule out indeterminacy entirely: society must respect its entropic potential. And, while all about us seek to normalise our activities, we can look to autism to remind us of our full, unrealised potential.
Thoughts? All opinions, normative and non-normative are welcome.
I am completely fresh to your theory, concepts and terms, but I think I grasp a little bit of what you are into, and that little bit is interesting. Do you think you can write a simplified, straightforward and as much heads-on as possible version of your post?
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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.782610/full
Martin Cederlöf, I am in the process of writing a paper for a conference later this year. I may well post a draft in my research area on this platform, and would invite comment.
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thank you for your comment. I think there is certainly room to develop these ideas. At this point, the theory is very much a general theory in which autism can be reflected upon. I am autistic and include my experience in my writing. I also have another version of this post which uses the same theory to reflect on entrepreneurship. My goal is toward theorising that is inclusive, rather than directed specifically at autism. I will leave that to those better qualified than I. :)
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