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	<title>Comments on: Autism: Catch the Fever!</title>
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		<title>By: Pajamas Media Â» Itâ€™s Not Always About the Autism</title>
		<link>http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/04/02/autism-catch-the-fever/comment-page-1/#comment-110619</link>
		<dc:creator>Pajamas Media Â» Itâ€™s Not Always About the Autism</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] While there&#8217;s no denying that Savage&#8217;s initial remarks were cruel and ignorant, this situation has made one thing perfectly clear: autism is big news. It&#8217;s the latest celebrity cause. It&#8217;s the new chipotle, the disorder du jour, and now it&#8217;s a plot line on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Days of Our Lives.&#8221; [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] While there&#8217;s no denying that Savage&#8217;s initial remarks were cruel and ignorant, this situation has made one thing perfectly clear: autism is big news. It&#8217;s the latest celebrity cause. It&#8217;s the new chipotle, the disorder du jour, and now it&#8217;s a plot line on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Days of Our Lives.&#8221; [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Big Elk</title>
		<link>http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/04/02/autism-catch-the-fever/comment-page-1/#comment-104299</link>
		<dc:creator>Big Elk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Autism has been flourishing since 2000. &lt;/blockquote&gt;

I agree that cell phones are not a postive impact, but autism has been around a hell of a lot longer than that and I've never seen anything to convince me the two are linked. 

Now, cell phones and acoustic neuroma, that's something I see an obvious and tangible causative connection between...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Autism has been flourishing since 2000. </p></blockquote>
<p>I agree that cell phones are not a postive impact, but autism has been around a hell of a lot longer than that and I&#8217;ve never seen anything to convince me the two are linked. </p>
<p>Now, cell phones and acoustic neuroma, that&#8217;s something I see an obvious and tangible causative connection between&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Real Answers</title>
		<link>http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/04/02/autism-catch-the-fever/comment-page-1/#comment-104291</link>
		<dc:creator>Real Answers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Autism has been flourishing since 2000.  Cell phones have been flourishing since 2000.  Cell phones emit microwaves.  Microwaves affect the brain and the fetus.  Put down your phone and don't stick it next to your brain again.  Take that phone off your waist if you're pregnant.  Take it off if you're not.  We cook food, not people with microwaves.   I think there are some new questions to ask for Autism Month.

Try putting cell phones and microwaves and health into google.  Try putting microwaves and autism in.  Try cell phones, microwaves and cancer.   Search on YouTube.  It will make you sick.

Microwaves are not only emitted by cell phones, but also by cell towers.  They make our wireless internet possible.  We are all paying.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Autism has been flourishing since 2000.  Cell phones have been flourishing since 2000.  Cell phones emit microwaves.  Microwaves affect the brain and the fetus.  Put down your phone and don&#8217;t stick it next to your brain again.  Take that phone off your waist if you&#8217;re pregnant.  Take it off if you&#8217;re not.  We cook food, not people with microwaves.   I think there are some new questions to ask for Autism Month.</p>
<p>Try putting cell phones and microwaves and health into google.  Try putting microwaves and autism in.  Try cell phones, microwaves and cancer.   Search on YouTube.  It will make you sick.</p>
<p>Microwaves are not only emitted by cell phones, but also by cell towers.  They make our wireless internet possible.  We are all paying.</p>
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		<title>By: Ted Heistman</title>
		<link>http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/04/02/autism-catch-the-fever/comment-page-1/#comment-104285</link>
		<dc:creator>Ted Heistman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There is a meme to gene interface. The point of intersection is culture.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is a meme to gene interface. The point of intersection is culture.</p>
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		<title>By: Julia</title>
		<link>http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/04/02/autism-catch-the-fever/comment-page-1/#comment-104284</link>
		<dc:creator>Julia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Like for example aspergers may have worked out well for Bill Gates, but that doesnâ€™t translate into reproductive success the way it does with animals. He is not going to father a million offspring. &lt;/blockquote&gt;

You're posts are more on the money than you think. Bill Gates has passed his culture to the entire world. He just didn't do it via sexual reproduction. And, whatever it's cause, Aspergers Syndrome may be a valid genetic protection for the world as a whole.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Like for example aspergers may have worked out well for Bill Gates, but that doesnâ€™t translate into reproductive success the way it does with animals. He is not going to father a million offspring. </p></blockquote>
<p>You&#8217;re posts are more on the money than you think. Bill Gates has passed his culture to the entire world. He just didn&#8217;t do it via sexual reproduction. And, whatever it&#8217;s cause, Aspergers Syndrome may be a valid genetic protection for the world as a whole.</p>
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		<title>By: Ted Heistman</title>
		<link>http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/04/02/autism-catch-the-fever/comment-page-1/#comment-104281</link>
		<dc:creator>Ted Heistman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Think of it like this Tim:

There is a Feudal Kingdom. Its at war with another feudal kingdom. One kingdom has a bunch of nerds in it. The other one has no nerds. The Nerdy kingdom invents some type of cannon and a bunch of other stuff, and squashes the other kingdom. The nerds prosper and have kids. The non nerds are killed off or more likely enslaved. So then there is a Caste system created. The nerds aren't at the top, where the knights are, but they serve an important purpose. The non nerds that survived the war are at the bottom as slaves. 

This is probably the level in which a lot of these morphs were created. 

Before that there was the level of the tribe. We are at the level of the Nation State, the next level is probably the Market state. 

Liberal democracies value diversity quite a bit actually. That is probably why we won the cold war.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Think of it like this Tim:</p>
<p>There is a Feudal Kingdom. Its at war with another feudal kingdom. One kingdom has a bunch of nerds in it. The other one has no nerds. The Nerdy kingdom invents some type of cannon and a bunch of other stuff, and squashes the other kingdom. The nerds prosper and have kids. The non nerds are killed off or more likely enslaved. So then there is a Caste system created. The nerds aren&#8217;t at the top, where the knights are, but they serve an important purpose. The non nerds that survived the war are at the bottom as slaves. </p>
<p>This is probably the level in which a lot of these morphs were created. </p>
<p>Before that there was the level of the tribe. We are at the level of the Nation State, the next level is probably the Market state. </p>
<p>Liberal democracies value diversity quite a bit actually. That is probably why we won the cold war.</p>
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		<title>By: Ted Heistman</title>
		<link>http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/04/02/autism-catch-the-fever/comment-page-1/#comment-104280</link>
		<dc:creator>Ted Heistman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think their will be a global culture eventually but it will have to incorporate regional diversity. 

But I mean, dinosaurs die out. Every type of diversity has no inherent right to persist forever.  But I do think this super collective intelligence, some call Gaia, does keep diversity around in order to have options available.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think their will be a global culture eventually but it will have to incorporate regional diversity. </p>
<p>But I mean, dinosaurs die out. Every type of diversity has no inherent right to persist forever.  But I do think this super collective intelligence, some call Gaia, does keep diversity around in order to have options available.</p>
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		<title>By: Ted Heistman</title>
		<link>http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/04/02/autism-catch-the-fever/comment-page-1/#comment-104279</link>
		<dc:creator>Ted Heistman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think humanity is a polymorphic species. In a way I agree with you, about diversity but some people might just be freaks. I think diferent 'morphs' are varieties that were once freaks but offered some advantage. So the trait was passed on through positive selection. 

A lot of these morphs only have a positive influence on the gene pool at certian levels. Like for example psychpaths might be a morph, but if there are too many around society breaks down. They are kind of like parasites, but parasites serve a purpose.

The asperger thing might be a morph, but if you get too many copies of the genes it causes problems. But probably gene pools with a certian level have advantages over other societies, that have no asperger type people. Because they produce more geniuses and inventors and so forth. 

A couple things to think about is that these things are multi genic and human society is different than the way animals reproduce. Like for example aspergers may have worked out well for Bill Gates, but that doesn't translate into reproductive success the way it does with animals. He is not going to father a million offspring. 

As far as humaniculture goes, In order for one culture to reproduce itself it has to outcompete others.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think humanity is a polymorphic species. In a way I agree with you, about diversity but some people might just be freaks. I think diferent &#8216;morphs&#8217; are varieties that were once freaks but offered some advantage. So the trait was passed on through positive selection. </p>
<p>A lot of these morphs only have a positive influence on the gene pool at certian levels. Like for example psychpaths might be a morph, but if there are too many around society breaks down. They are kind of like parasites, but parasites serve a purpose.</p>
<p>The asperger thing might be a morph, but if you get too many copies of the genes it causes problems. But probably gene pools with a certian level have advantages over other societies, that have no asperger type people. Because they produce more geniuses and inventors and so forth. </p>
<p>A couple things to think about is that these things are multi genic and human society is different than the way animals reproduce. Like for example aspergers may have worked out well for Bill Gates, but that doesn&#8217;t translate into reproductive success the way it does with animals. He is not going to father a million offspring. </p>
<p>As far as humaniculture goes, In order for one culture to reproduce itself it has to outcompete others.</p>
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