Michael Darius Eastwood . Independent AI alignment researcher

Published 29 July 2026

Polymathy and Neurodivergent Cognition: the Polymathic Neurodivergent Profile (PNP) and the Capability-Adjustment Fallacy

Polymathy and Neurodivergent Cognition: the Polymathic Neurodivergent Profile (PNP) and the Capability-Adjustment Fallacy: a research paper from the ARC-Eden programme by Michael Darius Eastwood. The paper suite is registered at the Open Science Framework (DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/6C5XB).

Paper C: a falsifiable descriptive framework for radical cognitive asymmetry, the Capability-Adjustment Fallacy, a documented live case across clinical, legal and research records, and the independent convergence with formal results in AI alignment. This companion post provides context. For the full text and figures, see the canonical paper page.

The paper is one of 23 in the ARC-Eden programme. Each paper is dated and evidence-anchored. The programme priority claims are traceable through the priority claims ledger.

Paper suite

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