It did, indeed! Some very good essays came through loud and clear Thank you and my best wishes for a prosperous 2025 that may bring peace to Ukraine, Russia, America and the world. I am hopeful that a modicum of common sense and independent thinking will return to society at large.
Absolutely!!! Even though I was almost overwhelmed with Precinct Captain activities, the network that got 160,000 signatures to put voter ID on the Nevada ballot (that won), and an email network of News Not in the News to thousands, I loved Popular Rationalism. I promise to respond more in 2025.
Yes. I started following you only quite recently, after discovering your book on the origins of autism, and it really enlightened me on many topics. Although initially I was interested primarily in the aforementioned issue, thanks to following you I eventually learned about many ways in which how medical research is performed and communicated nowadays misinforms the public outside of the vaccine-autism causality debate. Now I realise I should've been more diligent and less trusting of the mainstream in my research on medical issues, since it isn't, afterall, so difficult to recognize major flaws in the mainstream narrative if one investigates deeply enough.
Regarding the topic of causes and treatment of autism, I have some questions:
1. Is autism primarily moto-sensory? Are social deficits mostly derivative from the inability to hold eye contact, anxiety, executive functioning issues, general developmental delays etc.? In your book you discuss some ways in which social processing could be affected by atypical development of some areas of the brain and hormonal imbalances (e.g. lower oxytocin levels). The stress, however, seems to be on the moto-sensory component and I was curious whether you know any literature discussing this. A lot of the social issues commonly associated with high functioning autism, e.g. "missing social cues", point towards a sensory deficit (inability to read facial expressions) rather than anything cognitive.
2. I am myself a late-diagnosed adult with high-functioning ASD. I suffered from digestive issues through my life. Thanks to people like yourself (although most credit should undoubtedly be given to Dr. Wakefield) I've discovered that these seemingly unrelated problems have, in fact, a common cause. While I am aware of some literature on the topic of treatment of autism and related gut dysbiosis (e.g. Patricia Lemer's Outsmarting Autism), it seems to concentrate on children with AD and food allergies with picky eating habits. Do you know of any literature that investigates these issues in more depth and is directed towards patients with high functioning autism (to know, for instance, what kinds of improvements to expect from changing the diet)? I already know and implemented the basics outlined e.g. in the aforementioned book by Lemer (casein-free, gluten-free etc.).
It did, indeed! Some very good essays came through loud and clear Thank you and my best wishes for a prosperous 2025 that may bring peace to Ukraine, Russia, America and the world. I am hopeful that a modicum of common sense and independent thinking will return to society at large.
Yup.
Rational acceptance of lock downs.
Rational consent to wear masks, keep 6 ft distance.
Rationalization of depopulation,
Rational permission to get vaccinated.
Etc...
Definitely a good read, even in New Zealand. Bring on more in 2025.
Absolutely!!! Even though I was almost overwhelmed with Precinct Captain activities, the network that got 160,000 signatures to put voter ID on the Nevada ballot (that won), and an email network of News Not in the News to thousands, I loved Popular Rationalism. I promise to respond more in 2025.
Yes. I started following you only quite recently, after discovering your book on the origins of autism, and it really enlightened me on many topics. Although initially I was interested primarily in the aforementioned issue, thanks to following you I eventually learned about many ways in which how medical research is performed and communicated nowadays misinforms the public outside of the vaccine-autism causality debate. Now I realise I should've been more diligent and less trusting of the mainstream in my research on medical issues, since it isn't, afterall, so difficult to recognize major flaws in the mainstream narrative if one investigates deeply enough.
Regarding the topic of causes and treatment of autism, I have some questions:
1. Is autism primarily moto-sensory? Are social deficits mostly derivative from the inability to hold eye contact, anxiety, executive functioning issues, general developmental delays etc.? In your book you discuss some ways in which social processing could be affected by atypical development of some areas of the brain and hormonal imbalances (e.g. lower oxytocin levels). The stress, however, seems to be on the moto-sensory component and I was curious whether you know any literature discussing this. A lot of the social issues commonly associated with high functioning autism, e.g. "missing social cues", point towards a sensory deficit (inability to read facial expressions) rather than anything cognitive.
2. I am myself a late-diagnosed adult with high-functioning ASD. I suffered from digestive issues through my life. Thanks to people like yourself (although most credit should undoubtedly be given to Dr. Wakefield) I've discovered that these seemingly unrelated problems have, in fact, a common cause. While I am aware of some literature on the topic of treatment of autism and related gut dysbiosis (e.g. Patricia Lemer's Outsmarting Autism), it seems to concentrate on children with AD and food allergies with picky eating habits. Do you know of any literature that investigates these issues in more depth and is directed towards patients with high functioning autism (to know, for instance, what kinds of improvements to expect from changing the diet)? I already know and implemented the basics outlined e.g. in the aforementioned book by Lemer (casein-free, gluten-free etc.).
Thank you and I encourage you to keep going.