Trump is pulling down all kinds of human created systems like dyslexics do because

[applegrove]

dyslexics only get the concrete. Obviously what truth Trump holds to be self evident are different than those of career constitutional lawyers or diplomats or political operatives. It is going to be a long and bumpy ride. I just hope that Trump tries to be the type of dyslexic leader that thinks for himself with advisors who have the country's best interests at heart (Woodrow Wilson, Churchill, Kennedy) rather that a patsy dyslexic (George W. Bush, Reagan) who gets spoon fed by 'reality' by the right to help only the rich or those with stock in military corporations.

Intellectually he is a dyslexic. Emotionally a narcissistic celebrity. Politically a liar.

[pangaia]

1. I am not sure why you bring dyslexia into the equation.

[applegrove]

2. Cause it is a type of brain. All the leaders I mentioned above were dyslexics.

Dyslexia is a type of brain that does well politically. Once in office it can go one of two ways. I want Trump to know himself so he cannot get manipulated by the likes of Bannon or Priebus or Pence.

[pangaia]

4. A type of brain? I don't think so.

DYSLEXIA...
"a variable often familial learning disability involving difficulties in acquiring and processing language that is typically manifested by a lack of proficiency in reading, spelling, and writing"

merriam-webster

It has nothing to do with intelligence, or tendencies toward anything else.....

[uppityperson]

3. Dyslexia is a learning disability, specifically reading, letters and words. It's not that they "only

get the concrete" but that letters and sounds are jumbled.

[applegrove]

6. Nope. Dyslexia is a type of brain. If you have avery high IQ and dyslexia you

are a creative genius like Einstein or 1/3 of the people at MIT or NASA. If you don't have a high IQ and do have dyslexia you may have trouble writing or spelling or reading like me, but still may be creative.

[uppityperson]

10. Nothing I've read has said dyslexia is a type of brain but a learning disorder, IQ is irrelevant

Yes, some people with dyslexia can be creative, but some may not be.

Dyslexia has nothing to do with "only get the concrete" but with inability to get these letters, numbers, words to fit together right.

I'd like a link to what you are saying here, am always willing to read and learn more.

[jberryhill]

5. Could you define "dyslexic" in your own words?

Because it seems you might have a word choice error.

[applegrove]

8. Dyslexics are people who do mechanical 3D thinking, practice interconnectedness,

narrative thinking and dynamic reasoning: The Dyslexic Advantage by Brock L. Eide, M.D., M.A. and Fernette F. Eide, M.D.

[uppityperson]

12. Are you saying those are characteristics of people with dyslexia, or that people who do

that have dyslexia? I am trying to understand.

[applegrove]

13. "unlocking the hidden power of the dyslexic brain" is what it says on the book

cover. I come from a family of dyslexics. It is so true. Evolutionary psychology used to assume every disability or negative thing in our age was a disadvantage and a mistake. But up until 300 years ago hardly anybody read so it would have been an advantage in some ways to be someone who was stuck in the concrete like dyslexics are and could not fly off into human fictions of powerlust or religion or whatnot. Course there are disadvantages. Hard to read as the dyslexic brain in grounded in form not language. But nobody hardly read back in the day. And 10 to 20 percent of people are dyslelxic. Not a mistake. Don't know how common those characteristics are in other people or if they manifest in a group for non dyslexics. Of course dyslexics themselves are each a bit different. They think Darwin, Einstein, Edison, Alexander Grahem Bell were dyslexics. There is an advantage if you are someone who can empty your mind...you can then do experiments in your own brain...cause it is like a clean room. Dyslexia is just a type of brain. If you have average iq like me, you will have deficites and things you cannot do (spell, write), but other things you are good at creativity or reading a crowd.

[uppityperson]

14. Thank you, how our brains work is very interesting

I wonder if those I categorize as "engineering" type would fall into this too? They are puzzle solvers, seeing relationships between things, sometimes with words, sometimes less concrete but in shapes, feelings, rhythms, etc. How do things fit together.

[applegrove]

15. Absolutely and I did not know I was dyslexic till I was 45 because I didn't

get diagnosed in public school and read well enough to well in university. I memorized words in english and french and did not use phonics. Yes. With a high IQ the sky is the limit for dyslexics. Engineering, sciences, business, politics, detectives, etc. And of course they may never be diagnosed as such.

[elfin]

7. This retired teacher does not think he is dyslexic, but rather an ADD psycho or socio path

Plus narcissism of course.

Dyslexia would be evident in his Twitter bursts. Not even auto-correct could cover that IMO.

Instead, he has never had the attention span to absorb real economics (as opposed to short term personal paper gains), history, or the Constitution.

Just rich enough to be able to hire the most manipulative "experts" who tell him he is great and will even be greater if he implements their destructive schemes.

[applegrove]

11. Oh he is definitely dyslexic. I can tell one from a mile away because i am one.

As to psychopath he doesn't have much of a mask...it is all pretty much out there...he is mildly manipulative. More of a rich guy celebrity self centered bully.

[Wellstone ruled]

9. Tend to agree with Applegrove.

As one who battles this,spotted the symptoms from the get go.