The "Autism Epidemic" Is A Myth
There are many stories about autism in the alternative medicine space. One of the most common one is the myth that vaccines cause autism, something that has been disproven many times. Vaccines don't cause autism, and anyone who tells you that they do is either remarkably ignorant or lying.But what not everyone knows is that even the most basic aspects of this myth fails to hold water. A common claim that you'll find from pundits such as RFK Jr. and the American right-wing these days generally is that autism rates are skyrocketing, and that this must have been caused by something. They usually then go on to blame vaccines, because they can't think of any other reasonable explanations for the increase.
In fact, we know that autism rates have basically not increased in the last fifty or so years. Instead, we have simply redefined what the term "autism" means to capture a bigger group of people.
Let's look at the data.
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It becomes problematic I think when the diagnosis is applied as a catch all for introverts and socially awkward individuals like myself... instead of looking for pathology that explains social awkwardness & introverted tendencies we all might be better served by recognizing them as personality traits and only as the traits of a given individuals personality...
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I was thinking of this news that could help with learning/teaching styles.
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pathology that explains social awkwardness & introverted tendencies we all might be better served by recognizing them as personality traits
Totally agree. There's a heavy pressure through social media to judge everyone by a single trait personality…then find a medical silver bullet to 'fix' something that may not need fixing.
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GOP senators should be hounded mercilessly by reporters on whether they’ll knowingly support Patel now that Trump has made the corrupt reality of the situation so inescapably, alarmingly clear.
For Pagans, winter solstice is a time for reflection and celebration
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Does anyone know the proper way to universally disable font antialiasing in Flatpak (or at least a per-app override?)
I know I'm a bit of the odd one out, but I really like disabling font antialising on my systems. The text is just so much clearer and requires less eye strain for me. (Am I really the only one who feels this way? I have a screenshot with an example, but importantly it must be viewed 1:1, not scaled up or down, so right click/hold and choose to view in a new tab, then click/tap to view 1:1.) I've always hated things that make my screen image fuzzier/blurrier.
There are some caveats such as some more complex characters and bitmap fonts are horrible if the wrong size, but overall for me it is worth it.
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The US is totally screwed by bird flu now rampant in the dairy industry and the complete lack of adequate response at the local, state and federal levels. It looks like we have learned nothing from the epidemic spread of COVID-19.
Character Type: Visionary
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“They can see into the future… or think they can. They perceive possibilities when others see only walls. Often the power of their perceptions are matched by their zeal.” Those of you who have followed my blog for some time or taken courses with me through Screenwriting Master Class know how fascinated I am with character archetypes, specifically how there are five — Protagonist, Nemesis, Attractor, Mentor, Trickster — which recur in movies over and over and over.
They can see into the future… or think they can. They perceive possibilities when others see only walls. Often the power of their perceptions are matched by their zeal. These are Visionaries and they represent a character type we see often in movies.
There are actual seers such as Oracle in The Matrix (1999) and Blind Seer in O Brother, Where Are Thou? (2000)…
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in reply to Steve Herman • • •Initially it should have been operational in 2012, with construction started in 2007. So, it's just12 years over date.
Oh, and it ended up costing €19.1 billion, not the initial pricetag of €3.3 billion, so that is a 470% overspend.
There is no published price per MWh, but I'm guessing it's 4 to 5 times the price of solar or wind energy.
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