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Checkout this article, "Childhood autism spikes in geek heartlands": https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20589-childhood-autism-spikes-in-geek-heartlands%20/

by jbob2000 6y ago

Checkout this article, "Childhood autism spikes in geek heartlands": https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20589-childhood-autism-spikes-in-geek-heartlands%20/?ignored=irrelevant https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20589-childhood-autis... There's a correlation between parents who are both "systemizers" and their child having autism. I've also heard the theory that Austism is basically what we've been genetically selecting for over the last 100 years or so - the world wants brainless consumers - what is better than someone with sensory disorders, who can be primed to get up and buy with a simple prick?

tryonenow 6y ago
>the world wants brainless consumers - what is better than someone with sensory disorders, who can be primed to get up and buy with a simple prick? That's a pretty broad and inaccurate generalization of autism spectrum disorders. If anything I think people on the spectrum are far less likely to be convinced to buy products through advertisement. Autism is a sort of innate stubbornness.
rootusrootus 6y ago
> the world wants brainless consumers We don't have to select for that, the vast majority of people are already brainless consumers. And most of them think they are not.