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I can relate to you because I still sometimes feel that I have no connection, noting in common with the rest of humanity at all. I have friends and a very active life, but this still happens: I feel that the rest of the world is just a game that plays out whether I participate or not, and anything I say to anyone will be misinterpreted into a language I don't understand.
Like it or not, this language and this game that I don't understand has to support me, because the rest of humanity won't leave me alone if I act like an animal, if I act like I am not identifiable as part of the human language game. People tread all over the rest of the life on the planet, so it's safest to act like you are part of the team rather than insisting that you don't want to play. This is more alienating that I can express.
What I have discovered is that I strongly relate to scientific pursuits, because the philosophy of science begins with "I don't understand" and doesn't condemn this lack of understanding. "I simply cannot understand people" is very satisfying to say without feeling guilty of alienated for saying it.
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