• bisby@lemmy.worldEnglish
    37·
    5 months ago

    A spectrum is usually drawn similar to the one on the left. But the point of a spectrum is that its not “where on the spectrum are you”… It is not one point on the spectrum. As drawn on the left, the spectrum represents possibilities. Normally a spectrum would be drawn to indicate how much of each possibility a thing covers.

    Eg, the spectrum for light emission of a lamp might be :

    Which means it has a bit varying of every color but is heavily green and orange, but probably looks just like white to the naked eye. Swap “green” for “language” etc and you have a spectrum.

    • InternetPerson@lemmings.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      As an engineer, I concur.

      Although I would make one adjustment:

      It is not one point on the spectrum.

      Theoretically, it can be a single point regarding the reference unit (here, the colour). Consider ideal laserlight for example, there you have just one specific wavelength, i.e., a single colour. The magnitude might differ, but it would be a single point in a mathematical sense.

    • InternetPerson@lemmings.worldEnglish
      8·
      5 months ago

      As far as I know, I am not autistic. I was curious though and took the test. I am just depressed, among other problems. Also in therapy for that. So that is reflected in the results. I also got the message “Your autism symptoms are low”.

      Thanks for the link though! I will forward it to an aquaitance of mine who is wondering whether they might be autistic. They already booked an appointment with specialists in order to investigate that.

      • wreckedcarzz@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        Similar; I was just curious and took it. Though I have a sibling that is diagnosed autistic, and I’m kinda wanting to be evaluated for it. I suffer from depression + anxiety, hard (and a lot of these questions I was like “that depends on the context”) and I’ve been in a much, much worse mental state than I am currently. So those values make sense, the rest are kind of “huh… interesting”.

      • Justas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        Yes, it’s not encouraged for people with other mental disorders to seek autism diagnosis because of how likely those people are to get a false positive for autism.