Aside from politics, do scientists actually know what causes autism? Sorry if this question is ignorant, but I have no clue about that.
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I read a thing the other day that acetaminophen during pregnancy is now suspected as a cause.
It inhibits cell division and is now considered harmful to pregnancy and conception.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40819833/
But there’s also a recent finding suggesting it doesn’t
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38592388/
I hadn’t seen that second result before writing this comment
The conclusion from meta analysis reviews of ASD research on environmental causes is that none of it is conclusive, and most of it is poor quality. This is a chronic problem with epidemiology.
Thanks! That’s interesting.
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besides having sex with your mom?
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They are going to blame immigrants.
why blame immigrants when you can blame trans immigrants
This is exactly how science normally works. "We've figured out something extremely important, but we aren't going to make it available for a month, so we can build up suspense."
Having known my husband for over 10 years now, it's having an inherently higher coolness than the rest of us; the world at large isn't prepared to deal this fact.
inherently higher coolness
Ah, autism is nature self-correcting to fight climate change.
It apparently was already done in July without his help.
But he's probably scrambling to pin the blame in something that isn't tied to big oil / plastic.
Ooh, this will be good.
Oh great, another distraction for the voter base.
Will this be like "infrastructure week"?