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Re: U.S. autism data project sparks uproar over ethics, privacy and intent

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Post by nailer »

ModernMech wrote: post #366
nailer wrote: post #362

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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> Is this OG enough for you lol?

No, it was just demolished in the comment you were replying to but didn’t bother reading.

I’ll stop reading there myself.

> Look, a lot of reasonable people…

No. Popularity doesn’t prove truth you know that Christ why did I continue reading?

Re: U.S. autism data project sparks uproar over ethics, privacy and intent

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Post by MisdiagnosedMan »

47282847 wrote: post #55

It’s interesting to muse about the larger picture here. What is it that makes autism so dangerous? To me it looks like part of an almost spiritual war against empathy/compassion by traumatized individuals trying to fight their own Jungian Shadow.

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Re: U.S. autism data project sparks uproar over ethics, privacy and intent

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Post by MisdiagnosedMan »

StefanBatory wrote: post #65
formerly_proven wrote: post #3

The criteria for diagnosing ASD today are vastly different from those that would’ve resulted in an autism diagnosis shortly after the abolishment of lobotomy, it is hardly surprising the rate keeps going up as you widen the net.

Also... the picture of left-handed people would fit in here. https://slowrevealgraphs.com/2021/11/08/rate-of-left-handedn... The very much same applies here I think.

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Re: U.S. autism data project sparks uproar over ethics, privacy and intent

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Post by MisdiagnosedMan »

dns_snek wrote: post #127
monero-xmr wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There isn’t a definitive test for autism. High functioning autists would have been considered quirky or odd in the past. We label everything now though

> We label everything now though Are "quirky" and "odd" not labels? How about "weirdo" and "creep", are those not labels? These romanticized ideas of what autism is (or used to be) hit a brick wall when you consider that 2/3 of people with autism have contemplated suicide and 1/3 of people with autism have attempted it. Most of it could probably be attributed to social rejection, exclusion, and isolation perpetuated…

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Re: U.S. autism data project sparks uproar over ethics, privacy and intent

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Post by MisdiagnosedMan »

thrance wrote: post #121
0x1ceb00da wrote: post #78

One thing this will do is disincentivize high functioning autists from identifying themselves as autists, which is a very good thing IMO. Just look at this channel https://www.youtube.com/@NationalAutisticSoc/videos . There is a lot of survivor-ship bias on this channel towards high functioning autists who can talk in front of a camera. Just to give an idea to those not familiar with the difference between high funct…

"Actually, it's good they're registering every autistic persons in the country in a national database, under a president who is overtly eugenicist [1]." No it's not. At minimum this is a horrible invasion of privacy, that I can't believe anyone on HN would defend. At worst this is straight Nazi shit, preparing the ground for extermination. [1] https://time.com/7002003/donald-trump-disabled-americans-all...

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BenFranklin100 wrote: post #11

“Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official, repeatedly said before taking office that vaccines cause autism, despite overwhelming scientific evidence that they do not. He has declined to disavow his statements and has continued to promote a possible link.” Having worked directly with autism researchers, I can confidently tell you that RFK is making a wild guess not ba…

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Re: U.S. autism data project sparks uproar over ethics, privacy and intent

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Post by computerthings »

nailer wrote: post #371
ModernMech wrote: post #366

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is this OG enough for you lol? https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/1i6par1/elon_musk_vs_... Look, a lot of reasonable people are identifying what Musk did as a Nazi salute. The worldwide drop in Tesla sales and the massive protests prove that. I don't have to do a single thing to make Musk look like a Nazi, he does that all himself. It's up to you if you want to spend your time defending clearly indefensible actio…

> Is this OG enough for you lol? No, it was just demolished in the comment you were replying to but didn’t bother reading. I’ll stop reading there myself. > Look, a lot of reasonable people… No. Popularity doesn’t prove truth you know that Christ why did I continue reading?

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