On 4 Jun 2005 07:33:22 -0700, wrote:

Experts point out that unlike normal people, the severely autistic lack
the urge to explore the world. Hmm. This could explain a few things
about certain posters in these newsgroups, who claim to lack a drive to
explore.


That isn't exactly what they claimed.
The thing is, if the urge to explore was such a generally powerful
one, humans would be nomads. People who lived pretty much their
entire lives in the same ten miles would be historical curiosities.