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Well, this shouldn't need saying. I really worry about humanity when I see things like this.

Yes.

It's impossible to argue against this and it a good explanation of why god doesn't exist. If it created us to be the master species, why did it make us so selfish and irresponsible as a whole? "I have created people to destroy this planet in a relatively short period of time. Not one of my best ideas, but I've had enough, really."

I was born autistic, so how did I get vaccinated before I was born ?

Strange that someone so small plays basketball so well.

Nicely put!

A major study published this week estimated 1.2 million deaths last year from drug-resistant infections. That's more than malaria or AIDS and it's only getting worse.

Drives me nuts when people complain about scary "chemicals" or "toxins", but are completely unable to say exactly which chemical is bad or why. Or assume anything with a long scientific name is bad. Just consider the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide, it causes thousands of deaths and millions in property damage, but that doesn't mean we should ban it.

This. February 2020 to January 2022, for example. New/more data means you change conclusions. If it's science.

Would nanobots that target cancerous cells effectively be a cure, though?

They're so cute!

Just 100 corporations are responsible for 71% of global emissions. So stop blaming the population. Start with the 100 corps. https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jul/10/100-fossil-fuel-companies-investors-responsible-71-global-emissions-cdp-study-climate-change

Less than 10 percent will ever wake up at all. If you have to do CPR and the person still dies, you didn't do anything wrong. Do not feel any guilt.

This is so cool. I must have swallowed gallons in my youth and I'm ok. At least, I think I am ;)

Ooh that's next level nerd!

Yes! It's just a few people every year that gets killed by a shark, humans on the other hand kill lots of sharks all the time. They are of utterly importance to the oceans!

This should be #1. The biggest problem in science is biases because it cripples growth. The Earth remained the center of the universe for 1000s of years longer than it should because we knew that it was true. Millions of women die unnecessarily every year from heart attacks because the entire detection and treatment regime was developed on men. Contextual biases like racial profiling have dramatically affected the African American community's treatment options for chronic diseases. Way too much psychological theory is all based on first world1 8-22 year old college students who, unsurprisingly, do not reflect the overall psychological spectrum of our planet. How many of us can say our own psyche worked the same at 8, 18, 38, and 88? Outright racism gave Hitler proof the Jews were inferior.

100%. I don't know a single domestic cat who's ever been responsible for a wind farm.

That's why it is a really bad idea to build houses on flood plains.

many research scientists have autism. Some research scientists work in health. Therefore, autism causes vaccines.

Oh my god thank you. As someone on the high functioning end of the autism spectrum, I struggle with this a lot even though I know the facts. I’m high functioning enough not to need constant help (other than behavioral therapy as a child) but I still have sensory issues, cognitive issues and lacking social skills that get in the way of daily life. But to most people I don’t “look” autistic and so most are actually surprised to learn it. Sometimes I feel like I’m being in-genuine with vocalizing my diagnosis because of this, even though it is valid and real.

I will start this with this is just MY OPINION... Being a late diagnosed Autistic female at 32 in the UK. I personally hate all the stuff like different abled. It IS a disability - it causes problems and things that must be overcome because society does not fit with Autism. If I didn't have my partner I wouldn't have had any help at all, I was given my diagnosis and just left. I was told there's no adult support. If it's not a disability then I think people are then just trying to soften and make light of just how much I struggle every single F-ing day. It's exhausting, often humiliating, hard life. Some things are better - I make for a better driver, I notice more, my whole family would rather me drive than anyone else but those pluses are few and far between for me. The hardships way outweigh them and that, for me, must make Autism a disability. It's hard, we need help wherever we are on the spectrum. Well.. there's my 2 pennies and a bit of a rant.

It is NOT a diagnosis, It is simply a description of behaviour. Before you can 'treat' it you need to know the cause

It's a condition, not necessarily a disability. And even if some autistic persons doesn't consider themselves disabled, masking is very, very draining, and their autism impacts their life in a way that you have no idea.

Proud Asperger's over here!

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One reason I always hated the anger outpoured on the incel movement is that the reason many "involuntary celibates" are involuntarily celibate is that much of the behavior of some individuals with asperger's syndrome and other mild "on-the-spectrum conditions" is hated as "creepy." And, sometimes it is. I have known an AS person who decided paying unwanted attention wasn't as lonely as paying no attention at all. Tying to the previous issue, is legalized prostitution the answer? Or does that just breed more anger and frustration when the AS person goes home alone and unloved anyway? I don't know whether the AS person I knew turned to prostitution or not, but I do know he frequented strip clubs and still harassed women around him. I know that some of the women he harassed and knew of his strip-club habits still simultaneously felt victimized by him and sorry for him. I also don't mean to typify AS people by him; I know others who just suffer intensely.

YES WOOOooooo

There are so many levels of autism that you could put everybody in the world on the scale. If you sort your CD's or films in a certain order (I know most people don't have them any more!) Or you hang your tools up in your shed or garage in a neat order or your child lines their toys up in a specific order then you could be placed on the autism scale.

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I really think "diffability" needs to be a word.

Well this just seems obvious

Say it louder

If it's freely chosen, I agree, but it's so tightly bound up with human trafficking, modern slavery, drugs and other abuse that it's hard for many of us to think about in isolation.

I think she's saying that there will never be a single cure for cancer (hence the ".." around cure), not that we'll never be able to cure all cancers.

Again . . . birth control would reverse this cycle. Human answer to just about everything is MORE MORE MORE, and supply will NEVER keep up . . .

I work in a hospital lab, we run 24/7 to get results for patients. We get almost no recognition despite how qualified and hard we all work. Hospitals would not be able to operate without us, unless you just want to guess how sick people actually are. Same goes for pharmacy

This is why the US practice of 8 weeks of maternity leave is so damaging. I firmly believe that one parent needs to stay with kids until they're old enough for school, and it doesn't matter which parent. The fact that families now need two full-time incomes to survive is proof that capitalism is deadly to a healthy society.

The material world needs science to comprehend it. Religion tries to understand our complex sense of self and is not nor should it be focussed on material things.

But the T. Rex recognizes the stegosaurus as a meal for a week

20k sexes? That's why they're...fun guys! I'll get my coat.

Diatoms are so cool.

Most importantly, our relationship with ourselves

There is a whole industry about this for years. From how we can learn how to compute like a cell to collecting water like a beetle