Thanks to autism – the most commonly considered “on the spectrum” condition, we now see a lot of human traits as being part of a spectrum. But lately there have been moves to distinguish mild autism as a distinctly different condition to severe autism. I disagree with that, for example I sometimes rock, like severe cases do. I’m just on the other end of the spectrum
We are arguably all on the spectrums of autism, OCD, ADHD, sexuality, sociopaths, depressed and everything else. The problem with “spectrum” is think of an even spread, like a rainbow.
My opinion: the spectrums are real, and useful, but they are very dense at the most noticeable end (fewer people but way worse), average through the middle, and the majority of people are mild/negligible at the less noticeable end. Bell curves don’t fit either.
According to AI possible names for what I am describing are reverse J-curve distribution or right-skewed severity spectrum. They just need a catchier name, like bell curve.