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13 Apr, 4 tweets, 3 min read
@milton_damian @dimitrisbolis @MxOolong @liz_pellicano

Would any of you, or would you know anyone else potentially writing about Monotropism & predictive coding for a Monotropism anthology?

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@milton_damian @liz_pellicano @MxOolong
@dimitrisbolis I can ask Jonathan Green and Karl Friston, if either of them are are interested in co-authoring such a chapter.
@Peter_Autisme Any chance you are interested in contributing to a Monotropism anthology book?

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@Autisticcat2 Potentially, I fully accept that one could argue that there would be a different culture & society if autistic persons were 98% of the population.
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