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0 pointsAndrewKemendo2y ago0 comments

In the General case* there is no functional brain without a functional body

*One can nitpick yourself into creating a series of examples of fictional disabled people but let’s not bikeshed please

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Disabled people who have functional brains still have substantial body function (otherwise, their brain – which is part of the body and dependent on a number of other parts – would stop functioning.)

paxys2y ago

Can a blind person drive a car? Is a blind person not intelligent?

AndrewKemendoOP2y ago

A blind person is less able to prove they are intelligent in a multi-context, multi-challenge intelligence test than someone who is not blind

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